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Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound

Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound from directly overhead

Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound is a rest area in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,809 m. Black Lion Mountain stands 3,167 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Humbug Spires Primitive Area Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Montana Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates45.83522, -112.68403

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Feeley Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Humbug: 4.6 mi
  • Mount Fleecer: 5.7 mi
  • Charcoal Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Negro Mountain: 8.1 mi
Parks: 47
  • Humbug Spires Primitive Area Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
  • Fleecer Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
  • Happy Camp Park: 10.0 mi
  • Sagebrush flats: 10.9 mi
  • Thompson Park: 11.4 mi
Springs: 11
  • Deer Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Bull Pen Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Friend Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 21.0 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 5
  • Montana Tech: 13.5 mi
  • Bob Green: 13.5 mi
  • Bob Green: 13.6 mi
  • Orediggers: 13.6 mi
  • John F. Kennedy: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Homestake Lake Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Freedom Point PIcnic Area: 24.1 mi
  • Sheepshead Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Lion MountainSW 226°3,167 m20.4 mi
Table MountainESE 121°3,113 m12.5 mi
Red MountainESE 122°3,055 m11.7 mi
East PeakESE 117°3,017 m13.4 mi
Sheriff MountainSW 218°2,983 m19.6 mi
West PeakSE 126°2,944 m11.9 mi
Sheep MountainSW 233°2,917 m17.6 mi
Lion MountainSW 218°2,911 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0419:43
June solstice05:4120:3921:25
September equinox07:1818:5119:30
December solstice08:1015:5916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432394856646253422920
Precip in0.30.60.70.91.82.11.01.01.10.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Divide, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1075431310

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