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Mile 299½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument

Mile 299½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument from directly overhead

Mile 299½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 860 m. Little Two Top Butte stands 976 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mile 300 North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument, a historic site 0.5 miles away. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1891
Material
quartzite

How to reach it

Coordinates45.94511, -102.77741

39 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 16
  • Kid Rich Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Cow Butte: 8.6 mi
  • Wolf Butte: 9.1 mi
  • Big Butte: 11.4 mi
  • Castle Butte: 12.1 mi
Parks: 4
  • Mirror Lake Park: 7.6 mi
  • Vobejda Lake State Game Production Area: 9.2 mi
  • Gascoyne Lake Campground: 19.6 mi
  • Dog Town State Game Management Area: 24.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mile 299½ North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Two Top ButteSW 235°976 m24.2 mi
Mud ButteSW 234°958 m13.3 mi
Wolf ButteN 1°927 m14.4 mi
Rocky HillsS 173°910 m22.6 mi
Moga ButteNW 312°899 m23.0 mi
White ButteESE 110°888 m19.3 mi
Cow ButteWNW 290°875 m8.6 mi
Castle ButteE 92°869 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2419:04
June solstice05:0120:0020:46
September equinox06:3918:1118:51
December solstice07:3115:1916:09

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10684693422

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