Missouri Headwaters State Park
Missouri Headwaters State Park is a park in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,234 m. Hardscrabble Peak stands 2,904 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Forks Pond, a park 2.3 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1234 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Montana
How to reach it
106 named places within 25 miles
- Three Forks Pond: 2.3 mi
- Three Forks of the Missouri Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
- Tom Bertagnolli Park: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 3.3 mi
- High Peak: 8.6 mi
- Chewh-toowh-too-peh Hill: 10.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Hill: 12.5 mi
- Little Round Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Round Spring: 16.7 mi
- Trail Spring: 20.6 mi
- Boyd Spring: 21.9 mi
- Piedmont Spring: 24.0 mi
- White Rock Spring: 24.2 mi
- State Trust: 19.7 mi
- MT University: 22.8 mi
- State Trust: 23.6 mi
- State Trust: 23.7 mi
- Headwaters Railroad & Trident Heritage Center: 3.2 mi
- Headwaters Heritage Museum: 3.4 mi
- Manhattan Area Museum: 9.3 mi
- Three Forks Rodeo Grounds: 3.8 mi
- Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument: 9.2 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 21.2 mi
- Three Forks Rest Area: 4.8 mi
- Community Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Fly Fishing the Misty Madison River: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Missouri Headwaters State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardscrabble Peak | E 92° | 2,904 m | 24.8 mi |
| Blacktail Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,551 m | 21.5 mi |
| Zade Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,464 m | 22.6 mi |
| Sixmile Mountain | NE 35° | 2,321 m | 22.8 mi |
| Horsethief Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,121 m | 24.9 mi |
| Frenchman Hill | NNW 326° | 1,955 m | 22.4 mi |
| London Peak | WSW 249° | 1,930 m | 20.7 mi |
| Ruby Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,903 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:59 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:35 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 15:54 | 16:44 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trident, 2 mi away.
- Plains Pricklypear29 obs
- silver buffaloberry28 obs
- Bald Eagle22 obs
- Yellow-bellied Marmot17 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper17 obs
- fragrant sumac16 obs
- chokecherry15 obs
- Gopher Snake13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/382404827
Day trips start here
- Three Forks · 3 mi
- Belgrade · 18 mi
- Bozeman · 28 mi
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