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Gallagher Butte

Gallagher Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Gallagher Butte rises to 2,503 m in Montana. Maiden Peak stands 3,115 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallagher Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

About

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030925, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2503 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.02214, -112.70863
Around it

60 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
Parks: 16
  • Bannack Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
  • Barretts Station Park: 7.5 mi
  • Clark Canyon Reservoir Recreational Area: 9.0 mi
  • Old Trail to the Gold Diggins Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
  • Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • "M": 13.9 mi
  • Church: 16.9 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 17.0 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 17.1 mi
  • School & Masonic Lodge: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Clark's Lookout Monument: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gallagher Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maiden PeakWSW 237°3,115 m24.2 mi
Ellis PeakSW 217°2,953 m23.7 mi
Dixon MountainS 187°2,926 m22.7 mi
Da-ek Dow Go-et MountainWSW 247°2,915 m22.9 mi
Blacktail MountainsESE 112°2,883 m6.8 mi
Graphite MountainSSW 208°2,867 m23.2 mi
Timber ButteSSW 195°2,836 m20.1 mi
Medicine Lodge PeakSW 226°2,761 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:43
June solstice05:4520:3721:22
September equinox07:1918:5119:30
December solstice08:0716:0416:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634415058656355433122
Precip in0.30.40.71.51.91.90.90.90.91.00.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon U OF Montana Western, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357926583

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