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MT FWP

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MT FWP is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 619 m. Blue Mountain stands 904 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

How to reach it

Coordinates47.19248, -104.66161

97 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 54
Parks: 24
  • Meissner American Legion Baseball Field: 4.4 mi
  • Penninger Park: 5.4 mi
  • Hollecker Park: 5.5 mi
  • Boy with Dog Park: 5.7 mi
  • Lloyd Square Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Custers Lookout: 3.3 mi
  • Bryants Buttes: 3.9 mi
  • Glendive Butte: 5.2 mi
  • Hungry Joe: 6.9 mi
  • Cluster Buttes: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Dawson County Fairgrounds: 4.3 mi
  • Baischs Dinosaur Digs LLC: 5.8 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 9.6 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pine-on-the-Rock Picnic Site/ Campground: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainSSE 169°904 m16.5 mi
Blue MountainENE 79°878 m23.6 mi
Four ButtesESE 106°864 m22.6 mi
Twin ButtesWNW 303°847 m16.5 mi
Rattlesnake ButteS 172°817 m22.3 mi
Glendive ButteWNW 282°802 m5.2 mi
Cluster ButtesE 99°779 m14.5 mi
BeehiveENE 68°748 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0320:1120:59
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:4315:2016:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475766747362483423
Precip in0.40.40.51.52.62.42.21.51.41.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glendive, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786272

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