Nature reserve · Montana

US DOD

US DOD from directly overhead

US DOD is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 618 m. Coal Hill stands 844 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Trout Pond Recreation Area, a park 2.4 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

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Coordinates48.06627, -106.39265

Around it

90 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

BLM: 3.7 mi
US DOD: 4.0 mi
State Trust: 5.8 mi
BLM: 8.9 mi
BLM: 9.6 mi

Parks24

Trout Pond Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
Flat Lake Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
Coleman Wildlife Park: 4.0 mi
Downstream Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
Osage Circle Park: 4.6 mi

Peaks22

Deadman Butte: 4.9 mi
Indian Hill: 6.9 mi
Tiger Butte: 7.6 mi
Coal Hill: 10.6 mi
Caprock Butte: 11.2 mi

Museums2

Powerhouse Museum: 3.8 mi
Valley County Pioneer Museum: 14.9 mi

Historic sites2

Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 6.1 mi

Attractions1

G: 15.2 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
Coal Hill	SE 141°	844 m	10.6 mi
Indian Hill	SE 143°	831 m	6.9 mi
Goat Mountain	SSE 149°	810 m	17.9 mi
Westland Hill	SE 146°	809 m	17.3 mi
Lucky Hill	SSE 154°	807 m	13.0 mi
Deadman Butte	ESE 122°	803 m	4.9 mi
Seventh Point Buttes	SW 221°	803 m	21.4 mi
Caprock Butte	SE 133°	801 m	11.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:37	19:18
June solstice	05:06	20:21	21:10
September equinox	06:53	18:24	19:05
December solstice	07:54	15:21	16:15

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786070

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