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Chief Plenty Coups Museum

Chief Plenty Coups Museum from directly overhead

Chief Plenty Coups Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,239 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Plenty Coups State Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1239 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.42691, -108.55040

108 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
Peaks: 18
  • Stratford Hill: 6.7 mi
  • McCormick Hill: 7.7 mi
  • West Pryor Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Crown Butte: 12.0 mi
  • Round Butte: 13.9 mi
Springs: 15
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Sensory Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Amend Park Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pryor MountainSSE 168°2,675 m18.8 mi
East Pryor MountainSSE 150°2,673 m20.7 mi
Red Pryor MountainSSE 168°2,575 m21.9 mi
Crown ButteS 171°2,097 m12.0 mi
West Pryor MountainSSW 202°2,036 m7.9 mi
Black ButteSSW 210°1,577 m18.9 mi
Stratford HillNNW 340°1,514 m6.7 mi
Buffalo JumpSE 135°1,403 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:27
June solstice05:2720:2121:07
September equinox07:0218:3519:14
December solstice07:5215:4516:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736445462706858463425
Precip in0.30.30.51.62.21.80.80.61.11.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366093926

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