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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. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1891
Material
quartzite

How to reach it

Coordinates45.94508, -102.60099

50 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 18
  • 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 ButteWSW958 m20.8 mi
Rocky HillsSSW910 m23.1 mi
White ButteSE888 m11.7 mi
Cow ButteW875 m16.8 mi
Castle ButteE869 m3.6 mi
Long ButteNE854 m21.7 mi
Pearl ButteNE850 m13.4 mi
Kid Rich ButteSSW843 m2.7 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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