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Museum of the Beartooths

Museum of the Beartooths from directly overhead

Museum of the Beartooths is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,098 m. Nellies Twin Buttes stands 1,811 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Park City Historical Marker, a park 0.2 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1098 m

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.64161, -109.25155

72 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • Wash Bowl Butte: 5.0 mi
  • Pershing Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Horse Butte: 7.7 mi
  • Pershing Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Huntley Butte: 8.6 mi
Parks: 23
  • Park City Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
  • Columbus Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
  • Granite Peak Park: 0.2 mi
  • Park Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Itch-Kep-Pe Park: 0.9 mi
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nellies Twin ButtesSW 227°1,811 m24.9 mi
Mud ButteWSW 254°1,695 m24.4 mi
Beehive RockWSW 246°1,643 m24.8 mi
Cow Face HillW 261°1,618 m20.3 mi
Lone Indian ButteNW 308°1,575 m24.6 mi
Choo-heh-meen HillsWNW 302°1,540 m24.1 mi
Stephens HillNW 312°1,502 m20.9 mi
Yancey HillSSW 213°1,468 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:30
June solstice05:2820:2521:11
September equinox07:0518:3719:16
December solstice07:5515:4716:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232736435260686657453324
Precip in0.60.70.92.02.82.21.20.91.41.50.70.6

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366093941

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