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North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276

North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276 from directly overhead

North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276 is a historic site in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 778 m. White Butte stands 888 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Petrel, a ghost town 0.6 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1891
Material
quartzite
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.94497, -102.28941
Around it

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 18
  • Twin Buttes: 7.3 mi
  • Robbers Butte: 7.6 mi
  • White Butte: 8.4 mi
  • Barths Butte: 9.6 mi
  • Castle Butte: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Parks: 10
  • North Lemmon Park: 5.8 mi
  • Boss Cowman Square: 6.3 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Park: 6.3 mi
  • Lemmon City Park: 6.3 mi
  • North Lemmon Lake State Game Management Area: 7.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Grand River Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Dakota Buttes Museum: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Cedar River National Grassland: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White ButteSW 219°888 m8.4 mi
Castle ButteW 268°869 m11.4 mi
Long ButteN 6°854 m14.3 mi
Pearl ButteNNW 328°850 m12.0 mi
Kid Rich ButteW 261°843 m15.9 mi
Taylor ButteNW 317°842 m19.9 mi
Big ButteWNW 285°837 m13.0 mi
Wolf ButteW 262°835 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5919:5820:44
September equinox06:3718:0918:49
December solstice07:2915:1716:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192233455666737162473322
Precip in0.30.50.81.72.83.02.72.11.51.50.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemmon, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10683198339

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