Mile 290 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument
Mile 290 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 848 m. Mud Butte stands 958 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument, a historic site 1.0 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1891
- Material
- quartzite
How to reach it
51 named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Butte: 2.2 mi
- Castle Butte: 2.7 mi
- Kid Rich Butte: 3.1 mi
- Big Butte: 3.7 mi
- White Butte: 10.9 mi
- Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument: 1.0 mi
- Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument: 1.5 mi
- Mile 292 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument: 2.0 mi
- Mile 292½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument: 2.5 mi
- Mile 293 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument: 3.0 mi
- Mirror Lake Park: 4.5 mi
- Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 5.9 mi
- Dog Town State Game Management Area: 18.2 mi
- North Lemmon Park: 19.7 mi
- Boss Cowman Square: 20.2 mi
- Dakota Buttes Museum: 4.3 mi
- Grand River Museum: 20.1 mi
- Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 20.3 mi
- Petrel: 14.6 mi
- Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 290 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Butte | WSW 249° | 958 m | 21.7 mi |
| Rocky Hills | SSW 196° | 910 m | 23.4 mi |
| White Butte | SE 127° | 888 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cow Butte | W 280° | 875 m | 17.8 mi |
| Castle Butte | E 99° | 869 m | 2.7 mi |
| Long Butte | NE 47° | 854 m | 20.9 mi |
| Pearl Butte | NE 37° | 850 m | 12.8 mi |
| Kid Rich Butte | SW 214° | 843 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:59 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:10 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:18 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 20 | 30 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 44 | 30 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hettinger EXP STN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10684648589
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