Fort Clark Historic Site
Fort Clark Historic Site is a park in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 523 m. Red Butte stands 696 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Mandan Historic Site, a park 3.0 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 523 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Sakakawea Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Old Red Old Ten Scenic Byway
25 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Mandan Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: 8.6 mi
- Riverboat Park: 11.6 mi
- Riverdale State Game Management Area: 16.3 mi
- Molander State Park: 16.9 mi
- Square Butte: 13.8 mi
- Red Butte: 14.8 mi
- Horseshoe Butte: 20.4 mi
- Stonehouse Butte: 20.8 mi
- Square Buttes: 21.1 mi
- McLean County Museum: 11.7 mi
- Pfennig Wildlife Museum: 23.9 mi
- Sanger: 14.2 mi
- HGC: 15.3 mi
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Clark Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Butte | WSW 252° | 696 m | 14.8 mi |
| Square Buttes | SE 131° | 626 m | 21.1 mi |
| Horseshoe Butte | SE 129° | 611 m | 20.4 mi |
| Square Butte | SSE 165° | 610 m | 13.8 mi |
| Stonehouse Butte | SE 128° | 610 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:17 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:58 | 21:46 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:04 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:30 | 16:06 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 16 | 29 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washburn, 12 mi away.
- Woodhouse's Toad2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant1 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- Plains Garter Snake1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Coyote1 obs
- false indigo bush1 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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