Black Canyon Spring
Black Canyon Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,133 m. Cook Creek Butte stands 1,368 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Good Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1133 m
How to reach it
113 named places within 25 miles
- Good Spring: 0.8 mi
- King Creek Spring: 2.1 mi
- Pass Spring: 2.6 mi
- Green Creek Spring: 5.4 mi
- Soap Spring: 5.5 mi
- King Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stag Rock Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Stag Rock: 9.6 mi
- Red Top Hill: 9.8 mi
- Poker Jim Butte: 10.3 mi
- BLM: 7.7 mi
- State Trust: 8.5 mi
- BLM: 16.7 mi
- State Trust: 18.8 mi
- BLM: 19.0 mi
- King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 2.0 mi
- Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 10.2 mi
- Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 20.0 mi
- Cheyenne Indian Museum: 11.2 mi
- Fort Howes: 12.2 mi
- Diamond Butte Lookout: 20.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Canyon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Creek Butte | W 268° | 1,368 m | 23.6 mi |
| Home Creek Butte | NE 54° | 1,344 m | 18.3 mi |
| Badger Peak | NW 313° | 1,344 m | 20.1 mi |
| Fisher Butte | WNW 300° | 1,340 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poker Jim Butte | SW 215° | 1,326 m | 10.3 mi |
| Liscom Butte | NNE 32° | 1,324 m | 24.3 mi |
| Gardner Butte | ESE 115° | 1,306 m | 20.0 mi |
| Charlie Black Butte | NW 317° | 1,302 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:12 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:36 | 16:25 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonnette 7 SW, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5303343931
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