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Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument

Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument from directly overhead

Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 850 m. Mud Butte stands 958 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 292 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, -102.61139

50 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 18
  • Wolf Butte: 2.3 mi
  • Kid Rich Butte: 2.6 mi
  • Castle Butte: 4.1 mi
  • Big Butte: 4.5 mi
  • White Butte: 12.1 mi
Parks: 9
  • Mirror Lake Park: 3.8 mi
  • Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 5.5 mi
  • Dog Town State Game Management Area: 19.1 mi
  • North Lemmon Park: 21.2 mi
  • Boss Cowman Square: 21.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Grand River Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 291½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mud ButteWSW 248°958 m20.3 mi
Wolf ButteNNW 332°927 m16.4 mi
Rocky HillsSSW 193°910 m23.0 mi
White ButteESE 123°888 m12.1 mi
Cow ButteW 280°875 m16.3 mi
Castle ButteE 96°869 m4.1 mi
Long ButteNE 50°854 m22.0 mi
Pearl ButteNE 42°850 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2419:03
June solstice05:0119:5920:45
September equinox06:3818:1118:50
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10684648587

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