Beavertail Hill State Park
Beavertail Hill State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,107 m. Butte Cabin Ridge stands 2,582 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Beavertail Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1107 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Beavertail Hill: 0.5 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 3.3 mi
- East Hill: 3.6 mi
- Babcock Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Medicine Tree Hill: 5.4 mi
- Welcome Creek Wilderness Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
- Bearmouth Historical Marker: 11.1 mi
- Hellgate Park: 12.3 mi
- Hampton South: 12.6 mi
- Hampton North: 12.6 mi
- Educational Garden: 21.1 mi
- ASUM Garden: 21.5 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Outdoor Learning Center: 21.9 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 22.3 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 21.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Graveyard Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Korean Veterans Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 22.4 mi
- Ohrmann Museum & Gallery: 20.2 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 21.8 mi
- Arts Missoula: 22.2 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 22.3 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 22.5 mi
- Garnet Ghost Town: 13.3 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 17.3 mi
- American Legion Rodeo Grounds: 20.6 mi
- The M: 21.2 mi
- The L: 21.4 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 18.1 mi
- Capt John Mullan: 20.7 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 21.9 mi
- The X’s: 22.4 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 22.9 mi
- Colma Spring: 2.5 mi
- Lodgepole Spring: 5.0 mi
- Bearmouth Spring: 12.0 mi
- Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 11.0 mi
- Bearmouth Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 11.3 mi
- Clearwater Junction Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 4.5 mi
- MPG Ranch: 20.3 mi
- Nimrod Warm Springs: 5.8 mi
- Blue Slide: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Beavertail Hill State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Cabin Ridge | SSW 197° | 2,582 m | 17.4 mi |
| Quigg Peak | SSW 202° | 2,539 m | 17.8 mi |
| Hogback Point | S 191° | 2,489 m | 18.3 mi |
| Silver King Mountain | SSE 159° | 2,392 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sliderock Mountain | S 174° | 2,374 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NW 325° | 2,332 m | 19.1 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | WSW 238° | 2,234 m | 13.5 mi |
| Spink Point | S 188° | 2,215 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:45 | 21:33 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:17 | 15:58 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 60 | 52 | 39 | 28 | 19 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Potomac, 11 mi away.
- American Red Squirrel10 obs
- Western Ponderosa Pine7 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper4 obs
- Rainbow Trout3 obs
- chokecherry3 obs
- great mullein3 obs
- creeping mahonia3 obs
- Wax-leaf Beardtongue3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/954696351
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