Nature reserve · Montana

MT FWP

MT FWP from directly overhead

MT FWP is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Steamboat Butte stands 1,177 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

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Coordinates46.07419, -107.72381

Around it

47 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves20

MT FWP: 0.4 mi
BLM: 2.2 mi
BLM: 3.0 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi
BLM: 4.5 mi

Peaks14

Fivemile Hill: 10.6 mi
Mud Butte: 10.7 mi
Castle Butte: 11.7 mi
Ninemile Hill: 13.1 mi
Bender Hill: 14.0 mi

Parks9

Veterans Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
Grant Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
Arapooish Recreation Park: 23.3 mi
Westside Playground: 24.2 mi
Custer City Park: 24.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Waco: 0.8 mi

Cliffs1

Guys Bluffs: 20.3 mi

Museums1

Big Horn County Historical Museum: 24.1 mi

Rest areas1

Christiansen-Graham-Rest-Area: 24.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Steamboat Butte	NW 304°	1,177 m	21.9 mi
Whiskey Butte	E 96°	1,112 m	24.0 mi
Lookout Point	WNW 300°	1,105 m	17.2 mi
Castle Butte	WNW 293°	1,080 m	11.7 mi
Twin Buttes	N 2°	1,078 m	16.0 mi
Mail Box Hill	N 355°	1,076 m	18.4 mi
Ninemile Hill	NNE 18°	1,057 m	13.1 mi
Mexican Buttes	N 8°	1,052 m	14.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:15	18:44	19:24
June solstice	05:21	20:20	21:06
September equinox	06:59	18:31	19:10
December solstice	07:51	15:38	16:29

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	22	24	33	42	52	61	70	69	58	44	32	24
Precip in	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.6	2.6	2.6	1.3	0.9	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pompeys Pillar 15N, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783201

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