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Snake Butte

Snake Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Snake Butte rises to 948 m in Montana. Black Butte stands 1,679 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 5.3 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49074975, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
948 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.37361, -108.85655

88 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 49
Peaks: 26
Parks: 9
  • Vision Quest Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
  • Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
  • Harlem Elementary School Park: 11.3 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 11.4 mi
  • Bear Paw Battlefield - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 16.3 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 1
  • The Battle of Bear Paws: 23.3 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteSW 234°1,679 m18.9 mi
Thunder ButteSW 230°1,643 m16.2 mi
Timber ButteWSW 245°1,629 m19.4 mi
Suction ButteSW 223°1,619 m17.0 mi
Johnson ButteSW 230°1,602 m19.4 mi
Myrtle ButteSW 225°1,588 m13.5 mi
Rieve ButteSW 224°1,565 m18.4 mi
Hansen ButteSW 226°1,532 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4719:28
June solstice05:1520:3221:21
September equinox07:0318:3419:15
December solstice08:0515:2916:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172030425362696857433120
Precip in0.40.30.51.11.93.51.61.21.01.00.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Belknap 2 SW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357930660

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