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Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum from directly overhead

Powerhouse Museum is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 630 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Downstream Recreation Area, a park 0.7 miles away. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
630 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.01335, -106.41254
Around it

89 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 37
Parks: 24
  • Downstream Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Mall Park: 1.6 mi
  • Osage Circle Park: 1.7 mi
  • Coleman Wildlife Park: 1.7 mi
  • Flat Lake Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Deadman Butte: 5.2 mi
  • Indian Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Coal Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Tiger Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Caprock Butte: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • G: 17.3 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Square ButteSSW 191°861 m21.6 mi
Coal HillESE 121°844 m8.9 mi
Indian HillESE 110°831 m5.4 mi
Goat MountainSE 139°810 m15.4 mi
Westland HillSE 135°809 m15.1 mi
Lucky HillSE 141°807 m10.4 mi
Deadman ButteENE 78°803 m5.2 mi
Seventh Point ButtesSW 226°803 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0720:2121:10
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
December solstice07:5415:2216:15

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234475766747362493422
Precip in0.30.30.40.92.52.72.41.41.10.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366093769

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