Nature reserve · Montana

USFWS

USFWS from directly overhead

USFWS is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 749 m. Long Butte stands 882 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jagiello Waterfowl Production Area, a park 0.1 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.95567, -105.34495

Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

US DOD: 3.1 mi
State Trust: 6.5 mi
State Trust: 7.1 mi
US DOD: 7.3 mi
State Trust: 8.6 mi

Peaks6

Square Butte: 4.6 mi
Long Butte: 5.5 mi
Four Buttes: 15.9 mi
Jones Hill: 23.0 mi
Slaughter Hill: 24.0 mi

Parks5

Jagiello Waterfowl Production Area: 0.1 mi
Outlet Marsh Waterfowl Production Area: 3.2 mi
Roseland Park: 12.0 mi
Flaxville Waterfowl Production Area: 12.8 mi
Wood Mountain Trail Historical Marker: 12.8 mi

Attractions2

Monument 538B: 4.2 mi
Daniels County Fairgrounds: 11.8 mi

Museums2

Daniels County Museum: 12.1 mi
Pioneer Town: 12.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Long Butte	E 93°	882 m	5.5 mi
Square Butte	ESE 113°	881 m	4.6 mi
Wild Horse Butte	WSW 255°	881 m	24.3 mi
Jones Hill	WSW 252°	877 m	23.0 mi
Slaughter Hill	WSW 255°	842 m	24.0 mi
Four Buttes	SW 236°	791 m	15.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:05	18:33	19:14
June solstice	04:58	20:20	21:10
September equinox	06:49	18:20	19:01
December solstice	08:53	16:12	17:07

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	28	42	53	62	67	67	56	42	27	15
Precip in	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scobey 4 NW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185786621

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