North Dakota - South Dakota boundary monument 276
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.
What the record says
- Built
- 1891
- Material
- quartzite
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Grand River Museum: 6.2 mi
- Lemmon Petrified Wood Museum: 6.3 mi
- Dakota Buttes Museum: 16.7 mi
- Petrel: 0.6 mi
- Cowboy Riding a Dinosaur: 6.2 mi
- Cedar River National Grassland: 22.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Butte | SW 219° | 888 m | 8.4 mi |
| Castle Butte | W 268° | 869 m | 11.4 mi |
| Long Butte | N 6° | 854 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pearl Butte | NNW 328° | 850 m | 12.0 mi |
| Kid Rich Butte | W 261° | 843 m | 15.9 mi |
| Taylor Butte | NW 317° | 842 m | 19.9 mi |
| Big Butte | WNW 285° | 837 m | 13.0 mi |
| Wolf Butte | W 262° | 835 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:58 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:17 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 47 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemmon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10683198339
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