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Dinosaurs Historical Marker

Dinosaurs Historical Marker from directly overhead

Dinosaurs Historical Marker is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 753 m. Chalk Butte stands 903 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Flowing Wells Road Rest Area, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sky Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
753 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.32554, -106.17085
Around it

50 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 33
Peaks: 14
  • Hook Rock: 4.9 mi
  • White Buttes: 5.2 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 5.8 mi
  • Standing Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Cobb Hill: 9.1 mi
Parks: 2
  • Nelson Creek Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
  • McGuire Creek Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Flowing Wells Road Rest Area: 0.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chalk ButteSSE 147°903 m18.5 mi
Bonhoff ButteNNE 13°856 m23.7 mi
McDonald ButteNNE 25°847 m13.3 mi
Stony Butte HillE 89°846 m19.1 mi
Little HeavenNE 38°846 m19.3 mi
Cobb HillNNE 13°838 m9.1 mi
Devils Table RockNNE 20°838 m16.0 mi
Twin ButtesS 184°836 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3719:17
June solstice05:0920:1821:06
September equinox06:5218:2419:04
December solstice07:5015:2516:17

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233445463717059453121
Precip in0.20.20.31.22.52.52.11.11.10.90.20.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockway 3 WSW, 16 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • desert madwort2 obs
  • Western Kingbird1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • creeping thistle1 obs
  • Western Small-footed Myotis1 obs
  • Common Checkered-Skipper1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357964398

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