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Big Spring

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Elevation
1,269 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Greathouse Peak2,646 m · 16.2 mi
Sunset, June solstice
21:17local time
Coordinates
47.0025, -109.3436
Big Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Big Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded 1,269 m. Greathouse Peak stands 2,646 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Local Government, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

Elevation
1269 m

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greathouse PeakS 182°2,646 m16.2 mi
Old BaldyS 175°2,645 m17.4 mi
Tepee PointS 184°2,558 m17.6 mi
West PeakSSW 211°2,499 m17.9 mi
Lost PeakSSE 168°2,494 m19.2 mi
Jump Off PeakSSW 200°2,285 m14.5 mi
Mount HarlowSSW 207°2,178 m15.9 mi
Lime Cave PeakSSW 200°2,146 m13.3 mi

95 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Nature reserves: 26
Springs: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:30
June solstice05:2320:2921:17
September equinox07:0518:3719:17
December solstice08:0115:3916:31

Local time (America/Denver).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282837455361707059463428

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewistown, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs155162177192234224155139152164162156

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Spring Cr at R&b Trading Post nr Lewistown MT, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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