Nature reserve · Montana

US DOD

US DOD from directly overhead

US DOD is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 891 m. Round Butte stands 962 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Department of Defense

Getting there

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Coordinates48.99945, -105.96654

Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

State Trust: 3.1 mi
US DOD: 4.0 mi
US DOD: 4.0 mi
State Trust: 7.2 mi
State Trust: 7.5 mi

Peaks13

Slaughter Hill: 10.5 mi
Wild Horse Butte: 10.6 mi
Gregerson Hill: 10.7 mi
Kaminski Hill: 10.9 mi
Jones Hill: 12.0 mi

Attractions1

Opheim Fairgrounds: 22.2 mi

Parks1

Opheim Park: 22.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Round Butte	WSW 248°	962 m	19.5 mi
Glass Hill	WSW 239°	960 m	15.7 mi
Kaminski Hill	WSW 251°	948 m	10.9 mi
White Highland Hills	SSW 200°	943 m	18.4 mi
Johnnys Hill	SSW 197°	930 m	18.9 mi
Dighans Hill	SSE 160°	916 m	13.8 mi
Gregerson Hill	SSE 161°	908 m	10.7 mi
Sundby Hill	SSE 161°	885 m	15.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:08	18:35	19:17
June solstice	05:00	20:22	21:13
September equinox	06:51	18:22	19:04
December solstice	08:56	16:14	17:09

Local time (America/Regina).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	11	15	27	40	51	59	66	65	55	41	26	14
Precip in	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.9	2.1	3.7	2.2	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Opheim 10 N, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786071

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