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Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park from directly overhead

Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 509 m. Ambulance Butte stands 693 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cavalry Post, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.76162, -100.84478
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Atkinson Nature Park: 1.7 mi
  • Borden Harbor Park: 2.2 mi
  • South Meadows Park: 2.3 mi
  • Southland Park: 2.8 mi
  • General Sibley Park & Campground: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Twin Buttes: 8.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Burnt Butte: 12.5 mi
  • Ambulance Butte: 13.7 mi
  • Coal Butte: 14.3 mi
Museums: 6
  • Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site: 4.4 mi
  • Archeology & Historic Preservation: 5.0 mi
  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Buckstop Junction: 6.4 mi
  • North Dakota State Railroad Museum: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area Eastbound: 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area Westbound: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ambulance ButteSSE 155°693 m13.7 mi
Crown ButteNW 310°692 m15.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 213°689 m15.9 mi
Keever ButteNNE 30°659 m14.4 mi
Twin ButtesNNE 14°659 m21.2 mi
Solberg ButteNE 42°649 m15.8 mi
Coal ButteN 359°640 m14.3 mi
Township HillSSW 205°635 m23.1 mi
Conditions

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 solstice08:2616:0716:58

Local time (America/North_Dakota/New_Salem).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131830435565717060453018
Precip in0.50.50.81.32.53.43.12.51.71.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bismarck, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Plains yucca20 obs
  • Wild Turkey16 obs
  • silver buffaloberry14 obs
  • Scarlet Globemallow12 obs
  • leadplant12 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow11 obs
  • Canada Goose10 obs
  • common buckthorn9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/265151054

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