Nature reserve · Montana

US DOD

US DOD from directly overhead

US DOD is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 626 m. Square Butte stands 861 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Coleman Wildlife Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Department of Defense

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.02079, -106.44608

Around it

90 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves38

US DOD: 4.0 mi
State Trust: 6.6 mi
BLM: 7.7 mi
BLM: 9.1 mi
BLM: 10.1 mi

Parks24

Coleman Wildlife Park: 0.1 mi
Osage Circle Park: 0.6 mi
Mall Park: 0.8 mi
John Hahn Memorial Field: 1.0 mi
Downstream Recreation Area: 1.1 mi

Peaks22

Deadman Butte: 6.7 mi
Indian Hill: 7.0 mi
Tiger Butte: 8.2 mi
Coal Hill: 10.5 mi
Caprock Butte: 11.5 mi

Historic sites2

Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 2.1 mi

Museums2

Powerhouse Museum: 1.6 mi
Valley County Pioneer Museum: 15.5 mi

Attractions1

G: 15.9 mi

Springs1

Swallow Nest Spring: 24.5 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
Square Butte	S 187°	861 m	21.9 mi
Coal Hill	ESE 119°	844 m	10.5 mi
Indian Hill	ESE 110°	831 m	7.0 mi
Goat Mountain	SE 136°	810 m	16.9 mi
Westland Hill	SE 132°	809 m	16.6 mi
Lucky Hill	SE 137°	807 m	11.8 mi
Deadman Butte	E 85°	803 m	6.7 mi
Seventh Point Buttes	SW 221°	803 m	17.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:10	18:38	19:19
June solstice	05:07	20:21	21:10
September equinox	06:53	18:25	19:05
December solstice	07:54	15:22	16:16

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	18	22	34	47	57	66	74	73	62	49	34	22
Precip in	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	2.4	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786319

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