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Tower Rock State Park

Tower Rock State Park from directly overhead

Tower Rock State Park is a park in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,101 m. Moors Mountain stands 2,432 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Peters Mission Historical Marker, a park 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.18424, -111.81413

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tower Rock: 0.2 mi
  • DeLacey Point: 1.7 mi
  • Chisholm Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Finigan Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.5 mi
Parks: 12
  • Saint Peters Mission Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
  • Prewett Creek Fishing Access Site: 1.1 mi
  • Railroad Park South: 8.0 mi
  • Railroad Park North: 8.1 mi
  • North Park River Access Site: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Dearborn Rest Area: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Tower Rock State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moors MountainS 170°2,432 m20.5 mi
Candle MountainS 176°2,269 m20.1 mi
Willow MountainS 184°2,192 m20.0 mi
Adel MountainSE 146°2,164 m9.0 mi
Beartooth MountainSSW 203°2,070 m21.3 mi
Roberts MountainWSW 253°1,953 m20.9 mi
The SawteethSSE 162°1,948 m6.7 mi
Mount CeceliaNNW 344°1,869 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0019:40
June solstice05:3220:4021:28
September equinox07:1518:4719:27
December solstice08:1215:4816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293037455461696759483729
Precip in0.50.70.82.23.02.91.21.21.61.40.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cascade 5 S, 5 mi away.

  • Great Plains yucca10 obs
  • American White Pelican5 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep5 obs
  • Spring White4 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot4 obs
  • narrowleaf puccoon3 obs
  • Balkan toadflax3 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk2 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/585452479

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