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Corner Spring

Corner Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Corner Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,383 m. Castle Mountain stands 3,842 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Corner Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 9.1 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1383 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.03961, -109.14584

87 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
Parks: 16
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Calamity Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Sentinel Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Beartooth Falls: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainW 280°3,842 m24.0 mi
Whitetail PeakW 279°3,821 m21.8 mi
Silver Run PeakWNW 286°3,803 m20.3 mi
Beartooth MountainW 274°3,763 m20.7 mi
Spirit MountainW 270°3,746 m19.8 mi
Bowback MountainWNW 285°3,746 m23.8 mi
Sundance MountainWNW 282°3,728 m23.1 mi
Elk MountainWNW 287°3,727 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5019:29
June solstice05:3020:2221:08
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5315:4916:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222636445362706758443223
Precip in0.30.30.30.71.41.30.80.70.80.60.30.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clark 3NE, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2352252314392,1284,2162,177579299282303268

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Clarks Fork Yellowstone River nr Belfry MT, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Greater Sage-Grouse1 obs
  • Common Nighthawk1 obs
  • Bitterroot1 obs
  • chokecherry1 obs
  • great mullein1 obs
  • Idaho fescue1 obs
  • cut-leaf fleabane1 obs
  • Large-flower Goldenweed1 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/4087250796

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