Anaconda Rest Area
Anaconda Rest Area is a rest area in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,512 m. Mount Haggin stands 3,233 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Dam Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Montana Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Beals Hill: 9.2 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Steep Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Park: 1.6 mi
- Anaconda Smelter Stack State Park: 5.2 mi
- Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park: 6.3 mi
- Goodman Park: 6.5 mi
- The Copper Chute: 6.6 mi
- Anaconda Smelter Stack: 5.2 mi
- Anselmo Mine: 13.6 mi
- The Original Butte Copper Mine: 13.9 mi
- Town Talk Bakery: 14.8 mi
- Milwaukee Road Little Joe: 20.9 mi
- World Museum of Mining: 13.0 mi
- Bank Building: 13.0 mi
- Church at World Museum of Mining: 13.0 mi
- Historic Clark Chateau Museum & Gallery: 13.9 mi
- Copper King Mansion: 13.9 mi
- John F. Kennedy: 7.4 mi
- Bob Green: 13.1 mi
- Orediggers: 13.2 mi
- Montana Tech: 13.2 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 21.4 mi
- Freedom Point PIcnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Sheepshead Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Homestake Lake Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Echo Lake Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Gregson: 3.1 mi
- Silver Bow: 9.1 mi
- Southern Cross: 22.1 mi
- Granite Mountain Memorial Area: 14.3 mi
- Speculator Mine Disaster Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Our Lady of the Rockies: 18.5 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Southbound: 18.7 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 18.8 mi
- State: 21.0 mi
- MT Corrections: 21.0 mi
- Deer Spring: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Anaconda Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Haggin | W 268° | 3,233 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Evans | W 261° | 3,229 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Howe | W 261° | 3,192 m | 19.8 mi |
| Short Peak | W 261° | 3,134 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Powell | NNW 335° | 3,080 m | 19.6 mi |
| Kurt Peak | W 261° | 3,041 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Tiny | W 264° | 3,008 m | 22.5 mi |
| Deer Lodge Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,969 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:04 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:40 | 21:27 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 15:58 | 16:49 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anaconda, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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