Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial
Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial is a historic site in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,027 m. Sweeney Peak stands 2,795 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Outdoor Learning Center, a garden 0.1 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
- Inscription
- This memorial is dedicated to all the people buried on this land. People from different cultures lived on 'The Poor Farm' located near here from 1888-1930. After their deaths they were buried, but over the years their grave markers have disappeared.
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pineview Park: 0.2 mi
- Syringa Bike Skills Park: 0.3 mi
- Duncan Field: 0.3 mi
- Bugbee Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Greenough Park: 1.1 mi
- Mount Jumbo: 1.1 mi
- Waterworks Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Sentinel: 2.8 mi
- University Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Ginny Mountain: 4.2 mi
- The X’s: 1.6 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 2.1 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 2.2 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 4.1 mi
- The Eight Stupas: 21.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Outdoor Learning Center: 0.1 mi
- PEAS Farm: 0.4 mi
- Northside Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 2.2 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 2.3 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 1.6 mi
- Roosevelt: 2.2 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 2.4 mi
- Korean Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 1.8 mi
- Arts Missoula: 1.8 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 2.0 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 2.1 mi
- Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 2.3 mi
- The L: 1.3 mi
- The M: 2.3 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 5.2 mi
- Library Car: 5.6 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 5.6 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 14.0 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 23.8 mi
- Grand Menard Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
- MPG Ranch: 14.2 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 18.3 mi
- Hell Gate: 5.6 mi
- Blue Slide: 6.8 mi
- Colma Spring: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Peak | SW 215° | 2,795 m | 20.7 mi |
| Lolo Peak | SW 221° | 2,786 m | 19.9 mi |
| McLeod Peak | N 9° | 2,631 m | 14.2 mi |
| Murphy Peak | N 358° | 2,488 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mosquito Peak | N 9° | 2,444 m | 10.4 mi |
| Point Six | N 355° | 2,420 m | 10.3 mi |
| Stuart Peak | NNE 16° | 2,398 m | 8.2 mi |
| Triangle Peak | NNE 18° | 2,375 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:47 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:59 | 16:50 |
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 | 27 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula 2 NE, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11280603526
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