Pirogue Island State Park
Pirogue Island State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 715 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,014 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is MT DOT, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- MT DOT: 1.4 mi
- State Trust: 1.8 mi
- MT DOT: 2.9 mi
- State: 3.4 mi
- BLM: 3.7 mi
- Carbon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Badland Butte: 4.0 mi
- Camelsback: 4.3 mi
- Signal Butte: 4.6 mi
- Angelwing Butte: 5.7 mi
- Bender Park: 1.7 mi
- Pine Hills Park: 2.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 2.3 mi
- Wibaux Park: 2.4 mi
- Anderson Park: 2.8 mi
- Native American and Horse: 2.5 mi
- Horse on Carbon Hill: 3.0 mi
- Range Riders Museum: 3.3 mi
- WaterWorks Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Eastern Montana Fairgrounds: 3.5 mi
- Camp 21: 7.0 mi
- Miles City Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Devils Backbone: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pirogue Island State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | E 85° | 1,014 m | 18.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | E 80° | 1,013 m | 19.7 mi |
| Blue Mountain | E 83° | 1,005 m | 19.4 mi |
| The Knob | E 80° | 988 m | 12.4 mi |
| Baldy Peak | E 91° | 982 m | 18.4 mi |
| Big Peak | ENE 75° | 970 m | 19.6 mi |
| Horse Creek Hill | NNW 337° | 955 m | 19.1 mi |
| Corral Butte | ENE 72° | 939 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:13 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:23 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:29 | 16:20 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 61 | 46 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miles City AP, 3 mi away.
- great mullein4 obs
- Hairy False Goldenaster4 obs
- bittersweet nightshade3 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Common Goldeneye2 obs
- Lazuli Bunting2 obs
- Tamarisks2 obs
- hemp dogbane2 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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