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Mile 293 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument

Mile 293 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument from directly overhead

Mile 293 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 809 m. Mud Butte stands 958 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 292½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument, a historic site 0.5 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1891
Material
quartzite

How to reach it

Coordinates45.94510, -102.64253

50 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 17
  • Kid Rich Butte: 2.9 mi
  • Wolf Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Big Butte: 5.6 mi
  • Castle Butte: 5.6 mi
  • White Butte: 13.4 mi
Parks: 10
  • Mirror Lake Park: 3.6 mi
  • Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 5.5 mi
  • Dog Town State Game Management Area: 20.0 mi
  • North Lemmon Park: 22.7 mi
  • Boss Cowman Square: 23.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Grand River Museum: 23.1 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 293 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mud ButteWSW 246°958 m18.9 mi
Wolf ButteNNW 336°927 m15.7 mi
Rocky HillsS 189°910 m22.7 mi
White ButteESE 119°888 m13.4 mi
Cow ButteWNW 281°875 m14.8 mi
Castle ButteE 94°869 m5.6 mi
Long ButteNE 52°854 m23.2 mi
Pearl ButteNE 46°850 m14.8 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 solstice07:3015:1916:09

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/10684648584

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