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Black Eagle Spring Number One

Black Eagle Spring Number One, seen from above at true elevation

Black Eagle Spring Number One is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,213 m. Horn Mountain stands 1,435 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Eagle Spring Number Two, a spring 0.8 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1213 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.34051, -106.42753

131 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 41
Peaks: 34
  • Browns Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Poker Jim Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Pyramid Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Wild Hog Butte: 6.6 mi
  • Horse Creek Buttes: 8.3 mi
Parks: 4
  • Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 1.6 mi
  • King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 9.6 mi
  • Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 18.5 mi
  • Tongue River Reservoir State Park: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Diamond Butte Lookout: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horn MountainW 265°1,435 m22.4 mi
Busby ButteWNW 297°1,379 m24.4 mi
Cook Creek ButteWNW 294°1,368 m16.0 mi
Badger PeakNNW 344°1,344 m21.7 mi
Fisher ButteNNW 344°1,340 m15.3 mi
Poker Jim ButteESE 110°1,326 m3.2 mi
Charlie Black ButteNNW 346°1,302 m24.2 mi
Diamond ButteESE 105°1,301 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:18
June solstice05:1820:1320:58
September equinox06:5318:2619:05
December solstice07:4315:3716:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232535435262706959453324
Precip in0.50.70.91.92.92.71.71.11.11.40.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonnette 7 SW, 25 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1601732222826991,380584380302231213169

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tongue R at Birney Day School Br nr Birney MT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5577433946

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