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Lewis & Clark State Park

Lewis & Clark State Park from directly overhead

Lewis & Clark State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 571 m. Saddle Butte stands 853 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Tobacco Garden State Game Management Area, a park 2.6 miles away. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates48.12197, -103.23668
Around it

28 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 14
  • North Tobacco Garden State Game Management Area: 2.6 mi
  • Tobacco Garden Creek State Game Management Area: 5.3 mi
  • Tobacco Garden Creek Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
  • Hofflund State Game Management Area: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Creek Bay Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Flagstaff Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Stone Johnny Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Red Mike Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Chimney Butte: 22.7 mi
  • Stony Butte: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
  • Ray Opera House Museum: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • GN 3059: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle ButteSE 139°853 m24.1 mi
Aura ButteSE 134°836 m24.6 mi
Table ButteSE 124°808 m23.1 mi
Stony ButteSE 133°801 m22.8 mi
Chimney ButteSE 126°800 m22.7 mi
Flagstaff HillNNE 19°720 m2.9 mi
Stone Johnny HillNNE 31°703 m7.2 mi
Red Mike HillENE 72°611 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2519:06
June solstice04:5420:0820:57
September equinox06:4018:1218:53
December solstice07:4115:0816:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121629425464706958432816
Precip in0.60.50.61.02.12.62.51.61.40.90.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williston Sloulin FLD, 19 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Plains yucca4 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear4 obs
  • Siberian peashrub4 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad3 obs
  • Clay-colored Sparrow2 obs
  • Brown Thrasher2 obs
  • Gopher Snake2 obs
  • chokecherry2 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/1375287032

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