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USFWS

USFWS from directly overhead

USFWS is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 971 m. Button Butte stands 1,372 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. 74 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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Coordinates46.92099, -108.47060
Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 6
  • Bald Butte: 8.0 mi
  • Three Buttes: 9.1 mi
  • Button Butte: 11.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Butte: 14.2 mi
  • Three Buttes: 18.9 mi
Springs: 5
Parks: 3
  • Jim Bartlett Field: 7.8 mi
  • George Ore Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
  • Grass Range City Park: 17.3 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button ButteWNW 282°1,372 m11.8 mi
Three ButtesW 261°1,254 m9.1 mi
Bald ButteW 267°1,236 m8.0 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 103°1,060 m14.2 mi
Three ButtesNW 321°1,023 m18.9 mi
Dog ButteNNE 15°890 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4619:27
June solstice05:2020:2621:13
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice07:5715:3616:28

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736455463707060473526
Precip in0.50.40.61.42.82.71.31.11.21.20.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatwillow 4 ENE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214602

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