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Coal Creek Spring

Coal Creek Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Coal Creek Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,016 m. Home Creek Butte stands 1,344 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is West Fork Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1016 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.61509, -106.18257

96 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 26
  • Cook Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Red Top Hill: 6.9 mi
  • King Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Home Creek Butte: 11.9 mi
  • Red Butte: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Parks: 3
  • King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 13.6 mi
  • Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 20.8 mi
  • Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 21.1 mi
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Home Creek ButteE 94°1,344 m11.9 mi
Badger PeakW 276°1,344 m17.8 mi
Fisher ButteWSW 255°1,340 m16.5 mi
Poker Jim ButteSSW 204°1,326 m22.0 mi
Liscom ButteNE 49°1,324 m13.4 mi
Charlie Black ButteWNW 284°1,302 m18.4 mi
Threemile ButtesSE 126°1,297 m16.1 mi
Cook MountainNE 34°1,282 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:17
June solstice05:1620:1220:58
September equinox06:5218:2519:04
December solstice07:4315:3416:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232636465564727160473424
Precip in0.60.60.91.73.12.61.40.91.21.40.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenberg, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5396304545

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