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Mile 294½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument

Mile 294½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument from directly overhead

Mile 294½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 800 m. Mud Butte stands 958 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 295 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument, a historic site 0.5 miles away. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1891
Material
quartzite

How to reach it

Coordinates45.94510, -102.67368

47 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 16
  • Kid Rich Butte: 3.8 mi
  • Wolf Butte: 4.4 mi
  • Big Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Castle Butte: 7.1 mi
  • Cow Butte: 13.3 mi
Parks: 9
  • Mirror Lake Park: 4.0 mi
  • Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 6.0 mi
  • Dog Town State Game Management Area: 21.0 mi
  • Gascoyne Lake Campground: 23.6 mi
  • North Lemmon Park: 24.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Grand River Museum: 24.6 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 294½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mud ButteWSW 244°958 m17.6 mi
Wolf ButteNNW 342°927 m15.2 mi
Rocky HillsS 185°910 m22.5 mi
White ButteESE 116°888 m14.7 mi
Cow ButteWNW 283°875 m13.3 mi
Castle ButteE 93°869 m7.1 mi
Long ButteNE 54°854 m24.4 mi
Pearl ButteNE 50°850 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2419:03
June solstice05:0119:5920:46
September equinox06:3818:1118:50
December solstice07:3015:1916:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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/10684648583

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