Chief Plenty Coups State Park
Chief Plenty Coups State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,237 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Plenty Coups House, a museum 0.1 miles away. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1237 m
How to reach it
108 named places within 25 miles
- Sundance Lodge Recreation Area: 17.3 mi
- Fromberg City Park: 17.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 18.5 mi
- Pryor Mountains Historical Marker: 18.7 mi
- Sportsman Park: 19.1 mi
- Stratford Hill: 6.7 mi
- McCormick Hill: 7.6 mi
- West Pryor Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Crown Butte: 12.1 mi
- Round Butte: 13.9 mi
- Prewett Spring: 12.8 mi
- Bluewater Spring: 13.1 mi
- Big Bluewater Spring: 13.8 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 13.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 14.3 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups House: 0.1 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups Museum: 0.1 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 17.5 mi
- Moss Mansion Museum: 24.4 mi
- Western Heritage Center: 24.5 mi
- Tony Island: 20.6 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Sacrifice Cliff: 24.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 21.3 mi
- Amend Park Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 22.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.7 mi
- Mossmain: 19.4 mi
- Shiloh Conservation Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chief Plenty Coups State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pryor Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,675 m | 18.9 mi |
| East Pryor Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,673 m | 20.7 mi |
| Red Pryor Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,575 m | 21.9 mi |
| Crown Butte | S 171° | 2,097 m | 12.1 mi |
| West Pryor Mountain | SSW 202° | 2,036 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Butte | SSW 210° | 1,577 m | 19.0 mi |
| Stratford Hill | NNW 339° | 1,514 m | 6.7 mi |
| Buffalo Jump | SE 135° | 1,403 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:21 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 19 mi away.
- chokecherry4 obs
- golden currant4 obs
- dame's rocket2 obs
- American plum2 obs
- red osier dogwood2 obs
- European Mantis2 obs
- bittersweet nightshade2 obs
- Smooth Meadow-grass2 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 70000354OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1357538378
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