Dead Horse Point
Dead Horse Point rises to 1,183 m in Montana. West Butte stands 1,345 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tip Top Butte, a peak 4.0 miles away. 24 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,183 m
How to reach it
24 named places within 25 miles
- Tip Top Butte: 4.0 mi
- Wolf Point: 4.2 mi
- Twin Buttes: 4.3 mi
- Potato Buttes: 6.6 mi
- Black Point: 7.1 mi
- BLM: 4.1 mi
- State Trust: 6.9 mi
- Selway Spring: 16.1 mi
- Church Spring: 16.2 mi
- Rock Wall: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dead Horse Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Butte | WSW 237° | 1,345 m | 22.8 mi |
| Finger Buttes | ENE 71° | 1,273 m | 12.1 mi |
| Greasy Hill | WSW 252° | 1,238 m | 8.9 mi |
| Belcher Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,222 m | 18.7 mi |
| Wolf Point | W 260° | 1,198 m | 4.2 mi |
| Tip Top Butte | WNW 299° | 1,182 m | 4.0 mi |
| Potato Buttes | ENE 61° | 1,149 m | 6.6 mi |
| Black Point | S 181° | 1,144 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:05 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:30 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 19 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 55 | 40 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albion 1 N, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 799687 — Dead Horse Point, Carter County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357955617
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