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Gateway Museum

Gateway Museum from directly overhead

Gateway Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 808 m. Sentinel Butte stands 1,045 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierre Wibaux County Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
808 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.98362, -104.18549

84 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 33
Peaks: 25
  • Baird Butte: 5.9 mi
  • Four Buttes: 8.2 mi
  • Jackrabbit Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Red Top Butte: 9.1 mi
  • Horse Point: 10.2 mi
Parks: 12
  • Wibaux City Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Historical Marker: 0.3 mi
  • Pierre Wibaux Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Carol Park: 0.7 mi
  • Grace Church Park: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Wibaux County Fairgrounds: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Valley Fairgrounds: 9.2 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 22.9 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Pierre Wibaux: 0.7 mi
  • Wibaux Settler Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Golden Valley Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sentinel ButteESE 115°1,045 m18.3 mi
Square ButteESE 109°1,020 m24.4 mi
Rocky ButteSE 134°989 m17.4 mi
Camels Hump ButteE 97°954 m18.5 mi
Podolski ButteS 174°935 m14.0 mi
Red Top ButteS 173°933 m9.1 mi
Five Point ButteSE 139°909 m20.4 mi
Blue MountainW 265°904 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:2919:09
June solstice05:0220:0920:56
September equinox06:4418:1618:56
December solstice07:4015:1916:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161930415261696757432919
Precip in0.30.40.61.52.72.82.31.81.81.20.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wibaux 2 E, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366093934

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