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Garfield County Museum

Garfield County Museum from directly overhead

Garfield County Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 796 m. Fig Mountain stands 1,045 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Panwitz Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
796 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.32470, -106.90865
Around it

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 48
Peaks: 20
  • Pikes Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Castle Butte: 8.1 mi
  • Smoky Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Sage Hen Buttes: 10.7 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 10.9 mi
Springs: 12
Parks: 7
  • Panwitz Park: 0.3 mi
  • Willems Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kariotis Park: 0.4 mi
  • Woodland Park: 0.8 mi
  • Indian Country Historical Marker: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 0.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fig MountainSSW 195°1,045 m19.9 mi
Joe Ott ButteSSW 204°1,011 m22.0 mi
Chalk ButteNW 305°979 m22.6 mi
Adams Rocky ButteWSW 251°967 m21.8 mi
Boslough ButteWSW 246°966 m22.1 mi
Elephant ButteWSW 251°950 m19.9 mi
Darby ButtesS 178°926 m11.3 mi
Biscuit ButteNW 326°922 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5315:2816:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172132435363716958443120
Precip in0.30.30.51.42.22.71.71.31.11.20.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/192406861

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