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Aronow Park

Aronow Park from directly overhead

Aronow Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,003 m. Telephone Hill stands 1,217 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelby City Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1003 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.51322, -111.85985

35 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
Peaks: 7
  • Raglan Butte: 13.9 mi
  • Trunk Butte: 14.9 mi
  • Telephone Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Conrad Butte: 16.7 mi
  • Lookout Butte: 19.3 mi
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
  • The Marias Fair Grounds: 1.7 mi
  • Glacier Fun center: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telephone HillSSW 213°1,217 m15.0 mi
Sam George HillSSW 200°1,203 m24.5 mi
Lookout ButteW 262°1,141 m19.3 mi
Conrad ButteSSE 152°1,118 m16.7 mi
Raglan ButteN 9°1,092 m13.9 mi
Black ButteNE 54°1,007 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3118:5919:40
June solstice05:2620:4421:34
September equinox07:1518:4619:27
December solstice08:1815:4016:35

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192331415159676656433021
Precip in0.50.40.61.31.82.91.10.91.00.70.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby, under a mile away.

  • Plains Pricklypear7 obs
  • chokecherry5 obs
  • Yellow Sweetclover5 obs
  • Curlycup Gumweed5 obs
  • shrubby cinquefoil4 obs
  • Yellow Salsify3 obs
  • Black Medick3 obs
  • Crested Wheatgrass3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/173510436

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