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US DOD

US DOD from directly overhead

US DOD is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 906 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 1,007 m to the south, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

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US Department of Defense

How to reach it

Coordinates48.99962, -106.52838

32 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 23
Peaks: 6
  • Round Butte: 7.7 mi
  • Coal Mine Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Round Butte: 10.4 mi
  • Glass Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 15.3 mi
Parks: 1
  • Opheim Park: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Opheim Fairgrounds: 11.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coal Mine HillS 175°1,007 m8.2 mi
Round ButteSE 134°962 m10.4 mi
Glass HillSE 124°960 m14.5 mi
Kaminski HillESE 103°948 m15.6 mi
Round ButteSSW 201°896 m7.7 mi
Lighthouse HillWSW 239°837 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3719:19
June solstice05:0320:2521:15
September equinox06:5318:2419:06
December solstice08:5816:1617:12

Local time (America/Regina).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111527405159666555412614
Precip in0.30.40.40.92.13.72.21.61.40.80.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Opheim 10 N, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/186900135

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