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US DOD

US DOD from directly overhead

US DOD is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 960 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 1,007 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

What to expect

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US Department of Defense

How to reach it

Coordinates48.99934, -106.20830

45 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 29
Peaks: 14
  • Kaminski Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Glass Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Round Butte: 10.1 mi
  • Richland Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Coal Mine Hill: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Opheim Fairgrounds: 13.4 mi
Parks: 1
  • Opheim Park: 13.5 mi

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 HillWSW 240°1,007 m16.0 mi
Round ButteSW 224°962 m10.1 mi
Glass HillSSW 197°960 m8.4 mi
Kaminski HillS 169°948 m3.6 mi
White Highland HillsSSE 165°943 m17.9 mi
Johnnys HillSSE 163°930 m18.9 mi
Dighans HillSE 129°916 m20.4 mi
Gregerson HillSE 125°908 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:18
June solstice05:0120:2321:13
September equinox06:5218:2319:05
December solstice08:5716:1517:10

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185783278

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