Historic site · North Dakota

Old Settlers Monument

Old Settlers Monument from directly overhead

Old Settlers Monument is a historic site in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 600 m. Streeter Moraine stands 693 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Lake State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

About

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49535249, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 600 m

Getting there

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Coordinates46.40276, -99.61540

Around it

27 named places within 25 miles

Parks11

Beaver Lake State Park: 0.3 mi
Logan County State Game Management Area: 8.2 mi
Doyle Memorial State Recreational Park: 15.1 mi
Alkaline Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
Green Lake State Game Management Area: 16.2 mi

Nature reserves11

Brinkman WPA: 14.3 mi
Thurn WPA: 17.3 mi
Mundt Lake WPA: 17.7 mi
Buchholz WPA: 17.9 mi
Rothfusz WPA: 18.4 mi

Peaks4

Schell Buttes: 12.2 mi
Streeter Moraine: 16.1 mi
Cactus Point: 21.1 mi
Buffalo Hill: 23.5 mi

Attractions1

Dinosaurs on the Prairie Threshing Machines: 8.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Settlers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Streeter Moraine	ENE 65°	693 m	16.1 mi
Buffalo Hill	ENE 63°	652 m	23.5 mi
Cactus Point	ENE 63°	642 m	21.1 mi
Schell Buttes	SW 236°	592 m	12.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:42	19:11	19:51
June solstice	05:47	20:48	21:35
September equinox	07:26	18:58	19:38
December solstice	08:20	16:04	16:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	11	15	27	41	54	63	69	67	58	44	29	17

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wishek, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357765021

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