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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 ButteW 271°735 m24.6 mi
Saddle ButteW 273°720 m21.7 mi
Blue HillNE 51°690 m13.8 mi
Old Man Dancing ButteWSW 252°682 m20.4 mi
Round Top HillNNE 17°668 m11.5 mi
Paint HillNW 312°635 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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