Giant Springs State Park
Giant Springs State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 991 m. Gossack Mountain stands 1,578 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Springs, a spring 0.2 miles away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 991 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Kings Hill Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Heron Park: 1.6 mi
- Graybill Park: 1.6 mi
- Black Eagle Memorial Island: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Boston Heights Park: 2.2 mi
- Indian Butte: 1.8 mi
- Smelter Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hill Fifty-seven: 5.1 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 9.6 mi
- Antelope Butte: 11.3 mi
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center: 0.5 mi
- Malmstrom Museum: 2.2 mi
- C. M. Russell Museum: 3.2 mi
- Cascade County Historical Society Museum: 3.2 mi
- Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.0 mi
- Crooked Falls: 1.4 mi
- Black Eagle Falls: 2.0 mi
- Big Falls: 5.4 mi
- Giant Springs: 0.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 9.1 mi
- Newman Spring: 12.4 mi
- Rainbow Dam: 1.0 mi
- Black Eagle Dam: 1.9 mi
- Electric City Speedway: 2.7 mi
- Kid Russel & Monte: 4.1 mi
- Kid Russell and Monte Statue: 4.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark Statue: 4.7 mi
- Montana Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- First Peoples Buffalo Jump SP: 14.4 mi
- West Side Orchard Garden: 5.8 mi
- Carter: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Giant Springs State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gossack Mountain | E 90° | 1,578 m | 24.7 mi |
| Harris Mountain | E 90° | 1,544 m | 22.9 mi |
| Belt Butte | ESE 123° | 1,415 m | 19.1 mi |
| Creamery Hill | S 169° | 1,341 m | 20.2 mi |
| Blankenbaker Hill | SSE 159° | 1,322 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mahoney Hill | SSE 157° | 1,308 m | 19.0 mi |
| Forest Hill | SSE 161° | 1,287 m | 18.4 mi |
| Red Butte | S 180° | 1,271 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:57 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:38 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 15:44 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Great Falls 16st, 4 mi away.
- Great Plains yucca54 obs
- showy milkweed37 obs
- American White Pelican26 obs
- Mallard25 obs
- American Robin22 obs
- California Gull21 obs
- chokecherry20 obs
- Canada Goose19 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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