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Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument

Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument from directly overhead

Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 829 m. Mud Butte stands 958 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument, a historic site 0.5 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

Coordinates45.94508, -102.60099

51 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 19
  • Wolf Butte: 2.1 mi
  • Kid Rich Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Castle Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Big Butte: 4.2 mi
  • White Butte: 11.7 mi
Parks: 9
  • Mirror Lake Park: 4.0 mi
  • Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 5.6 mi
  • Dog Town State Game Management Area: 18.8 mi
  • North Lemmon Park: 20.7 mi
  • Boss Cowman Square: 21.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Grand River Museum: 21.1 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 291 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mud ButteWSW 248°958 m20.8 mi
Wolf ButteNNW 330°927 m16.6 mi
Rocky HillsSSW 194°910 m23.1 mi
White ButteSE 124°888 m11.7 mi
Cow ButteW 280°875 m16.8 mi
Castle ButteE 96°869 m3.6 mi
Long ButteNE 49°854 m21.7 mi
Pearl ButteNE 40°850 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2419:03
June solstice05:0119:5920:45
September equinox06:3818:1018:50
December solstice07:3015:1816:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172030425363706859443021
Precip in0.40.50.81.62.63.22.31.91.41.50.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hettinger EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10684648588

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