Carter County Museum
Carter County Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,044 m. Big Hill stands 1,206 m to the west-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ekalaka City Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
The Carter County Museum is a local and natural history museum located in Ekalaka, Montana. It was founded in 1936 and is the first county museum in Montana. The museum is one of several in the state on the Montana Dinosaur Trail, a collection of museums with unique paleontology displays. The collections at the museum include a large dinosaur exhibit, a focus on natural history, ranch and homestead life, and a veteran's room that covers the people from the area that traveled to war since the founding of the county in 1917.
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Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q18344059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1044 m
How to reach it
81 named places within 25 miles
- State Trust: 4.3 mi
- State Trust: 6.2 mi
- BLM: 7.2 mi
- BLM: 7.4 mi
- BLM: 8.1 mi
- Red Hill: 4.7 mi
- Wilder Butte: 5.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 8.5 mi
- Stone Lady Rock: 9.3 mi
- Newberry Knob: 9.3 mi
- Ekalaka City Park: 0.1 mi
- Perso Park: 0.2 mi
- Ekalaka Historical Marker: 0.9 mi
- Opechee Park: 4.9 mi
- Medicine Rocks State Park: 11.2 mi
- Carter County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carter County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | WSW 243° | 1,206 m | 9.5 mi |
| Belltower Butte | SSE 148° | 1,198 m | 23.6 mi |
| Saddle Butte | SW 215° | 1,134 m | 21.8 mi |
| Newberry Knob | SW 222° | 1,122 m | 9.3 mi |
| Wilder Butte | NNW 343° | 1,087 m | 5.4 mi |
| Red Hill | ENE 74° | 1,085 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bearhorn Butte | NNE 17° | 1,083 m | 23.0 mi |
| Dutchmans Hill | ENE 72° | 1,080 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:07 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ekalaka, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/694525267
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