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Ziegler School

Ziegler School from directly overhead

Ziegler School is a historic site in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 613 m. Heart Butte stands 735 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Paint Hill, a peak 4.7 miles away. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
613 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.64593, -101.87413

30 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Nishu Public Use Area: 7.0 mi
  • Berthold Bay Public Use Area: 10.1 mi
  • Beaver Creek State Game Management Area: 10.7 mi
  • Beulah Bay Public Use Area: 10.8 mi
  • Hille State Game Management Area: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Paint Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Round Top Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Blue Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Old Man Dancing Butte: 20.4 mi
  • Saddle Butte: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Ryder Veterans Memorial: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heart ButteW735 m24.6 mi
Saddle ButteW720 m21.7 mi
Blue HillNE690 m13.8 mi
Old Man Dancing ButteWSW682 m20.4 mi
Round Top HillNNE668 m11.5 mi
Paint HillNW635 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2020:00
June solstice05:5021:0121:50
September equinox07:3519:0719:47
December solstice08:3416:0616:59

Local time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111527415463686858432816
Precip in0.60.50.71.32.63.52.61.81.71.20.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garrison, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12212293105

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