Box Spring
Box Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,739 m. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the west, 19 miles off. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1739 m
How to reach it
- 24.6 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Block Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bell Peak: 2.2 mi
- McCartney Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Hogback: 4.1 mi
- Beaverhead Rock: 8.7 mi
- Brownes Bridge Historical Marker: 7.2 mi
- Beaverhead Rock State Park: 8.9 mi
- Beaverhead Rock Historical Marker: 9.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 12.2 mi
- Jessen Park: 12.4 mi
- Box Spring: 0.0 mi
- Mill Spring: 0.8 mi
- Garrison Spring: 1.3 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 2.5 mi
- Muller Spring: 3.2 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 17.3 mi
- Robbers Roost Historical Marker: 21.7 mi
- Coolidge: 22.4 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 14.2 mi
- Divide Rest Area, I-15 Northbound: 25.0 mi
- Short Slope: 17.9 mi
- Long Slope: 18.3 mi
- "M": 18.6 mi
- National Museum of Machinery: 20.1 mi
- Biltmore Hot Springs: 5.1 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 18.6 mi
- The Sandbar: 20.4 mi
- Boulder Creek: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Box Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | W 270° | 3,394 m | 18.9 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | W 265° | 3,392 m | 19.3 mi |
| Granite Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,238 m | 18.2 mi |
| Barb Mountain | W 270° | 3,190 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Alverson | W 280° | 3,176 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Tahepia | WNW 283° | 3,155 m | 19.7 mi |
| Table Mountain | NNE 17° | 3,113 m | 18.8 mi |
| Tent Mountain | WSW 257° | 3,104 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:04 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:38 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 16:01 | 16:50 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glen 4 N, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 349 | 360 | 493 | 1,475 | 3,227 | 3,819 | 1,239 | 435 | 357 | 485 | 486 | 385 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Hole River near Melrose MT, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11140035229
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