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Chappel Spring

Chappel Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Chappel Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,334 m. Bare Mountain stands 3,017 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 16 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1334 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.39188, -109.09586

Overlooks nearby

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
Peaks: 28
Springs: 8
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bare MountainSW 234°3,017 m23.1 mi
Wapiti MountainSSW 212°2,868 m23.2 mi
Nichols PeakSW 223°2,859 m19.6 mi
Grizzly PeakSW 221°2,851 m19.4 mi
Maurice MountSSW 201°2,821 m21.7 mi
Towne PointSSW 210°2,429 m20.2 mi
Burnt MountainSW 235°2,393 m20.9 mi
West Pryor MountainESE 102°2,036 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
June solstice05:2920:2321:09
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5415:4716:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534425160686657443223
Precip in0.50.60.81.92.72.10.90.91.31.60.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet, 7 mi away.

  • Red-winged Blackbird1 obs
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak1 obs
  • Sagebrush Vole1 obs
  • red raspberry1 obs
  • flower-of-an-hour1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4087232193

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