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Broadwater County Museum

Broadwater County Museum from directly overhead

Broadwater County Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,172 m. Mount Baldy stands 2,878 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial VeteranPark, a park 0.1 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1172 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.32207, -111.51574

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
Parks: 13
  • Memorial VeteranPark: 0.1 mi
  • Massa Park: 0.2 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 0.3 mi
  • Holloway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Elkhorn Spring: 9.5 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Piedmont Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Bomar Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Two Sam Spring: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Townsend Fairgrounds: 1.7 mi
  • Edgewater Farms: 6.7 mi
  • Lorelei day use area: 22.2 mi
  • Fish Hawk Day use Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Lewis Clark picnic: 21.9 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Tizer Botanic Garden & Arboretum: 24.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Jefferson County Museum: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldyENE 57°2,878 m15.2 mi
Mount EdithENE 64°2,877 m17.5 mi
Crow PeakW 264°2,861 m18.6 mi
Elkhorn PeakW 267°2,855 m19.3 mi
Windy PointW 267°2,751 m19.8 mi
Boulder BaldyNNE 29°2,724 m18.5 mi
Boulder MountainNNE 27°2,680 m17.2 mi
Casey PeakWNW 297°2,588 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3018:5919:39
June solstice05:3520:3621:23
September equinox07:1418:4619:26
December solstice08:0715:5216:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837455360686657453324
Precip in0.30.30.40.91.82.51.21.10.80.60.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 3SE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/272390855

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