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Bent Spring

Bent Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Bent Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 2,293 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingram Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2293 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.17589, -108.59681

51 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 17
Springs: 14
Parks: 10
Attractions: 3
  • Ewing-Snell Ranch: 17.4 mi
  • Caroline Lockhart Ranch: 17.6 mi
  • Hillsboro: 18.5 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Seven Rams Landing: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pryor MountainE 100°2,675 m6.3 mi
East Pryor MountainE 92°2,673 m12.8 mi
Red Pryor MountainESE 120°2,575 m8.0 mi
Crown ButteNE 37°2,097 m6.9 mi
West Pryor MountainN 356°2,036 m10.0 mi
Black ButteW 278°1,577 m7.2 mi
Penney PeakSE 134°1,536 m13.4 mi
Stratford HillN 360°1,514 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:27
June solstice05:2820:2121:06
September equinox07:0218:3519:14
December solstice07:5115:4616:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736445462706858463425
Precip in0.30.30.51.62.21.80.80.61.11.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 18 mi away.

  • Plains Spadefoot1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • field chickweed1 obs
  • hookedspur violet1 obs
  • prairie smoke1 obs
  • American bistort1 obs
  • Bulbous woodland star1 obs
  • spiny phlox1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4087232191

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