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USFWS is a nature reserve in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 686 m. Rattlesnake Butte stands 1,010 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is School Section Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
US Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates47.37047, -107.93874

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 41
Peaks: 22
  • Finley Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Sandage Buttes: 11.2 mi
  • Baker Point: 11.3 mi
  • Battleship Butte: 12.8 mi
  • Tin Can Hill: 13.0 mi
Springs: 10
Parks: 4
  • Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 15.9 mi
  • Devils Creek State Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
  • Fourchette Creek Recreation Area: 24.8 mi

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
Rattlesnake ButteSE 128°1,010 m24.9 mi
Waddington DomeSE 142°1,009 m24.5 mi
Neiter ButteSE 137°987 m24.9 mi
Dovetail ButteW 278°986 m15.6 mi
Tindall DivideSE 132°983 m19.2 mi
Castle ButteSSE 148°968 m21.0 mi
Coffin ButteESE 119°955 m18.8 mi
Barney PinnacleSSE 167°948 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:24
June solstice05:1620:2521:13
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5715:3216:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837475665747262493627
Precip in0.40.40.61.32.62.81.91.21.21.20.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mosby 4 ENE, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/185214850

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