Museum · Montana
World Museum of Mining
World Museum of Mining is a museum in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,736 m. Table Mountain stands 3,113 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1736 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates46.00964, -112.56530
- 24.0 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Big Butte: 0.7 mi
- Timber Butte: 3.3 mi
- Steep Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Rampart Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Goldflint Mountain: 9.4 mi
Parks: 50
- Marcus Daly Statue: 0.5 mi
- Leonard Field: 0.5 mi
- People's Park: 0.7 mi
- Cinders Field: 0.9 mi
- Chester Steele Park: 0.9 mi
Museums: 8
- World Museum of Mining: 0.0 mi
- Bank Building: 0.0 mi
- Church at World Museum of Mining: 0.1 mi
- Historic Clark Chateau Museum & Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Copper King Mansion: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 5
- Montana Tech: 0.3 mi
- Bob Green: 0.3 mi
- Bob Green: 0.3 mi
- Orediggers: 0.3 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 4
- Anselmo Mine: 1.1 mi
- The Original Butte Copper Mine: 1.4 mi
- Town Talk Bakery: 1.9 mi
- Anaconda Smelter Stack: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Granite Mountain Memorial Area: 2.3 mi
- Speculator Mine Disaster Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Our Lady of the Rockies: 5.7 mi
- Our Lady Of The Rockies: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Homestake Lake Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Freedom Point PIcnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Sheepshead Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Elder Creek Picinic Area: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Anaconda Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Southbound: 13.3 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 13.3 mi
Springs: 3
- Deer Spring: 15.1 mi
- Friend Spring: 16.3 mi
- Bull Pen Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Silver Bow: 4.9 mi
- Gregson: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of World Museum of Mining. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain | SSE 165° | 3,113 m | 19.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSE 167° | 3,055 m | 18.8 mi |
| East Peak | SSE 161° | 3,017 m | 19.2 mi |
| West Peak | SSE 168° | 2,944 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Fleecer | SW 222° | 2,873 m | 17.0 mi |
| Granulated Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,789 m | 20.4 mi |
| Dickie Peak | WSW 249° | 2,775 m | 21.5 mi |
| Little Granulated Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,758 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:03 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:39 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 15:58 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 53 | 41 | 28 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Butte Bert Mooney AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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