Breed Spring
Breed Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 927 m. Rattlesnake Butte stands 1,060 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 927 m
How to reach it
100 named places within 25 miles
- State Trust: 2.3 mi
- BLM: 2.4 mi
- State Trust: 5.2 mi
- BLM: 6.3 mi
- State Trust: 6.3 mi
- Barney Pinnacle: 9.7 mi
- Twin Butte: 11.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 11.6 mi
- Duff Hill: 12.7 mi
- Froehlich Butte: 13.2 mi
- Circle Bar Spring: 8.8 mi
- Kettle Spring: 14.3 mi
- Mud Spring: 14.5 mi
- Chalk Springs: 16.9 mi
- Mud Springs: 18.0 mi
- Jim Bartlett Field: 15.7 mi
- George Ore Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
- MT 200 Rest Area: 7.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Breed Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Butte | SW 221° | 1,060 m | 11.6 mi |
| O'Day Butte | ENE 73° | 1,013 m | 23.1 mi |
| Waddington Dome | ENE 71° | 1,009 m | 20.0 mi |
| Black Butte | ESE 102° | 997 m | 22.0 mi |
| Neiter Butte | ENE 70° | 987 m | 21.9 mi |
| Tindall Divide | NE 54° | 983 m | 22.1 mi |
| Timber Butte | E 90° | 968 m | 14.8 mi |
| Castle Butte | ENE 62° | 968 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:24 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:34 | 16:26 |
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 | 28 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mosby 4 ENE, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 82.5 | 182 | 456 | 313 | 612 | 984 | 320 | 129 | 114 | 94.0 | 91.9 | 78.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Musselshell River at Mosby MT, 6 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/3452916604
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