Cooney Reservoir State Park
Cooney Reservoir State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,301 m. Grass Mountain stands 3,366 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Hill, a peak 4.6 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 18 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1301 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 29 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 29 mi
82 named places within 25 miles
- Church Hill: 4.6 mi
- Blanchard Butte: 6.2 mi
- Stormitt Butte: 6.9 mi
- Wash Bowl Butte: 9.1 mi
- Yancey Hill: 11.7 mi
- Roberts Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Joliet City Park: 12.1 mi
- Itch-Kep-Pe Park: 13.1 mi
- Park Avenue Park: 13.7 mi
- Columbus Historical Marker: 14.2 mi
- Chappel Spring: 6.7 mi
- Cherry Spring: 8.8 mi
- Poison Spring: 9.3 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Bluewater Spring: 21.6 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Firemans Point: 13.2 mi
- Bensons Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 17.9 mi
- Museum of the Beartooths: 14.0 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 15.4 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 17.4 mi
- Calamity Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 24.8 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooney Reservoir State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Mountain | SW 221° | 3,366 m | 25.0 mi |
| Butcher Mountain | SW 226° | 3,098 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bare Mountain | SW 217° | 3,017 m | 21.3 mi |
| Crow Mountain | SW 229° | 2,955 m | 24.3 mi |
| Wapiti Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,868 m | 23.9 mi |
| Nichols Peak | SSW 203° | 2,859 m | 19.3 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SSW 201° | 2,851 m | 19.3 mi |
| Maurice Mount | S 185° | 2,821 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:24 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:48 | 16:37 |
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 | 25 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet, 10 mi away.
- Virile Crayfish12 obs
- American White Pelican7 obs
- Eared Grebe4 obs
- Ring-billed Gull4 obs
- Western Meadowlark4 obs
- American Coot3 obs
- Gray Partridge3 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant3 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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