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Headwaters Heritage Museum

Headwaters Heritage Museum from directly overhead

Headwaters Heritage Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,242 m. Blacktail Mountain stands 2,551 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacajawea Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1242 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.89347, -111.55204
Around it

96 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 52
  • Sacajawea Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tom Bertagnolli Park: 0.3 mi
  • Stevenson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Peterson Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks: 26
Springs: 5
  • Round Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Trail Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Boyd Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Norris Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
  • Piedmont Spring: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
  • Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center: 0.2 mi
  • Manhattan Area Museum: 10.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Three Forks Rest Area: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Gardens: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Fly Fishing the Misty Madison River: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blacktail MountainENE 67°2,551 m24.7 mi
Dunn PeakWNW 295°2,289 m24.1 mi
Elk MountainS 170°2,016 m23.5 mi
East ButteWSW 238°2,004 m21.9 mi
Frenchman HillNNW 335°1,955 m23.1 mi
London PeakWSW 252°1,930 m17.6 mi
Ruby MountainSSE 153°1,903 m23.9 mi
Big MountainNW 305°1,850 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0019:39
June solstice05:3720:3521:21
September equinox07:1418:4619:26
December solstice08:0615:5416:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242737455461696758463324
Precip in0.40.30.71.52.22.41.41.01.10.90.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trident, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366093944

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