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Chief Lookings Village

Chief Lookings Village from directly overhead

Chief Lookings Village is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 547 m. Ambulance Butte stands 693 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park Trails, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.82971, -100.82900

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pioneer Park Trails: 0.0 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.2 mi
  • Keelboat Park: 0.6 mi
  • Igoe Park: 0.6 mi
  • Missouri River Natural Area: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Burnt Butte: 7.8 mi
  • Coal Butte: 9.7 mi
  • Keever Butte: 10.0 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 11.1 mi
  • Solberg Butte: 12.1 mi
Museums: 6
  • Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site: 2.4 mi
  • Archeology & Historic Preservation: 2.4 mi
  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Buckstop Junction: 5.1 mi
  • North Dakota State Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Eastbound: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area Westbound: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ambulance ButteSSE 164°693 m17.9 mi
Crown ButteWNW 292°692 m13.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 208°689 m20.3 mi
Keever ButteNE 39°659 m10.0 mi
Twin ButtesNNE 16°659 m16.4 mi
Solberg ButteNE 54°649 m12.1 mi
Coal ButteN 354°640 m9.7 mi
Sibley ButteENE 68°640 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1619:56
June solstice05:5020:5521:42
September equinox07:3119:0319:43
December solstice08:2616:0616:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131729425564706859453018
Precip in0.50.50.91.62.63.33.22.71.91.60.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bismarck 2.4 NNW, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel28 obs
  • Ring-necked Pheasant24 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk21 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Wild Turkey17 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • Cedar Waxwing16 obs
  • Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth16 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 78001990OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/473408313

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