Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is a park in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 509 m. Red Butte stands 696 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Mandan Historic Site, a park 6.0 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 509 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Sakakawea Scenic Byway
30 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Mandan Historic Site: 6.0 mi
- Riverdale State Game Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Fort Clark Historic Site: 8.6 mi
- Lake Sakakawea State Park: 12.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Public Use Area: 14.0 mi
- Red Butte: 14.5 mi
- Square Butte: 22.1 mi
- McLean County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Pfennig Wildlife Museum: 19.5 mi
- HGC: 10.6 mi
- Scientific Center of North America: 12.8 mi
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge: 18.0 mi
- Sanger: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Butte | SW 218° | 696 m | 14.5 mi |
| Square Butte | SSE 157° | 610 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:18 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:59 | 21:47 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:31 | 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 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 29 | 18 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverdale, 10 mi away.
- Western Snowberry15 obs
- dame's rocket12 obs
- Alfalfa11 obs
- silver buffaloberry11 obs
- big bluestem10 obs
- Smooth Brome9 obs
- field bindweed8 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/60320026
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