Bluewater Spring
Bluewater Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,268 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Prewett Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 25 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1268 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
78 named places within 25 miles
- Pryor Mountains Historical Marker: 6.4 mi
- Bridger Basketball Court: 6.7 mi
- Bridger City Park: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Jim Bridger Park: 6.9 mi
- Round Butte: 4.8 mi
- West Pryor Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Schwend Hill: 9.3 mi
- Black Butte: 10.3 mi
- Deer Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Prewett Spring: 0.3 mi
- Big Bluewater Spring: 0.7 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 3.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 12.7 mi
- Bear Spring: 13.7 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 7.0 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups Museum: 13.0 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups House: 13.1 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 24.7 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Tony Island: 23.1 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bluewater Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pryor Mountain | SE 128° | 2,675 m | 19.5 mi |
| East Pryor Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,673 m | 24.7 mi |
| Red Pryor Mountain | SE 133° | 2,575 m | 22.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | ESE 113° | 2,097 m | 14.4 mi |
| West Pryor Mountain | E 97° | 2,036 m | 8.4 mi |
| Black Butte | S 169° | 1,577 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Big Slide | WSW 254° | 1,555 m | 15.6 mi |
| Stratford Hill | NE 35° | 1,514 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:49 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:22 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:46 | 16:36 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.9 | 29.4 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 26.0 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 28.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bluewater Creek near Bridger, MT, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Plains Spadefoot1 obs
- Coyote1 obs
- Bumble Bees1 obs
- Common Drone Fly1 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush1 obs
- Common Wood-Nymph1 obs
- western poison ivy1 obs
- three-square bulrush1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4087232192
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