Black Sandy State Park
Black Sandy State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,181 m. Moors Mountain stands 2,432 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Sandy Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1181 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaver Creek Recreational Area: 2.2 mi
- Gates of the Mountains Game Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Sierra Park: 9.0 mi
- Upper Prickly Pear Fishing Access Site: 9.6 mi
- Treasure State Acres Park: 10.4 mi
- Devils Tower: 3.1 mi
- Copper Butte: 6.4 mi
- Cap Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Stony Point: 7.2 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Mann Gulch Firefighter Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Mary Statue: 12.9 mi
- Centennial Monument: 12.9 mi
- Pearl Harbor Memorial: 13.1 mi
- 10 Commandments: 13.3 mi
- Sixth Ward Park Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Jubilee Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 12.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 13.0 mi
- Exploration Works Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Exploration Works: 13.0 mi
- Montana Heritage Center: 13.2 mi
- Montana's Museum: 13.2 mi
- Holter Museum of Art: 13.4 mi
- Reeder's Alley Interpretive And Convention Center: 13.9 mi
- Thomas Francis Meagher Statue: 13.3 mi
- "Extra! Extra!": 13.6 mi
- The Bullwhacker Statue: 13.7 mi
- Womens Mural: 13.7 mi
- The Prospectors Sculpture and Fountain: 13.7 mi
- Fish Hawk Day use Area: 11.8 mi
- Great Northern Carousel: 13.0 mi
- Lorelei day use area: 13.1 mi
- Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Lewis Clark picnic: 13.4 mi
- Tenmile Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Louisville: 14.1 mi
- Marysville: 19.4 mi
- Black Sandy Beach: 0.4 mi
- Spring Gulch Water Source: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Black Sandy State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moors Mountain | NE 37° | 2,432 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,381 m | 9.7 mi |
| Avalanche Butte | E 90° | 2,344 m | 19.1 mi |
| Greenhorn Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,289 m | 20.5 mi |
| Middleman Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,283 m | 10.4 mi |
| Candle Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,269 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 42° | 2,246 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bilk Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,236 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:00 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:39 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 15:51 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Helena AP Asos, 12 mi away.
- Common Merganser7 obs
- American Robin6 obs
- Bitterroot6 obs
- Linearleaf Phacelia6 obs
- Tree Swallow5 obs
- Gopher Snake5 obs
- Balkan toadflax5 obs
- Scarlet Globemallow5 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.
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