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Red Rocks Parking Area, I-15 Southbound

Red Rocks Parking Area, I-15 Southbound from directly overhead

Red Rocks Parking Area, I-15 Southbound is a rest area in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,775 m. Garfield Mountain stands 3,341 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Trail to the Gold Diggins Historical Marker, a park 0.1 miles away. Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway passes 10 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Montana Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.85257, -112.79649
Around it

51 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
Parks: 7
  • Old Trail to the Gold Diggins Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
  • Dell Park: 9.9 mi
  • Clark Canyon Reservoir Recreational Area: 10.4 mi
  • Lima City Park: 18.1 mi
  • Great Northern Railway Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Church: 23.4 mi
  • Skinner's Saloon: 23.5 mi
  • School & Masonic Lodge: 23.5 mi
  • Hardware Store Museum: 23.5 mi
  • Hotel Meade: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Rocks Parking Area, I-15 Southbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garfield MountainSSE 159°3,341 m24.5 mi
Baldy MountainSW 219°3,280 m22.6 mi
Lima PeaksSSE 156°3,260 m23.9 mi
Maiden PeakW 265°3,115 m16.1 mi
Elk MountainWSW 249°3,099 m17.9 mi
Horse Prairie MountainWSW 249°3,089 m17.9 mi
Ellis PeakSW 234°2,953 m12.3 mi
Dixon MountainS 172°2,926 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0519:44
June solstice05:4620:3721:22
September equinox07:1918:5219:30
December solstice08:0716:0516:54

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332404957656455433021
Precip in0.20.20.40.91.72.01.31.00.91.00.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lima, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/87809400

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