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USFWS

USFWS from directly overhead

USFWS is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 596 m. Snake Butte stands 804 m to the south, 20 miles off. 40 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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Coordinates48.55421, -104.15533
Around it

40 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 15
Parks: 14
  • Brush Lake State Park: 3.9 mi
  • Sunset Park: 10.7 mi
  • McInenly Park: 16.1 mi
  • Medicine Lake Memorial Park: 16.1 mi
  • Writing Rock Park: 20.6 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Brush Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Umbrights Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Barr Butte: 11.9 mi
  • Bull Butte: 16.0 mi
  • Clay Butte: 19.7 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake ButteS 182°804 m20.2 mi
Bull ButteSSE 159°785 m16.0 mi
Clay ButteS 190°739 m19.7 mi
Barr ButteE 88°696 m11.9 mi
Brush MountainSSE 149°672 m6.4 mi
Umbrights HillWSW 250°607 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2819:09
June solstice04:5520:1421:03
September equinox06:4418:1518:56
December solstice07:4715:0916:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111528425463696857422716
Precip in0.30.20.40.92.42.92.61.51.20.90.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine Lake 3 SE, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185785703

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