Cottonwood Spring
Cottonwood Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,071 m. Judith Peak stands 1,917 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 6.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 7.1 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1071 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
118 named places within 25 miles
- State Trust: 6.8 mi
- BLM: 6.9 mi
- State Trust: 7.2 mi
- BLM: 7.5 mi
- BLM: 7.6 mi
- Sheepherder Peak: 9.5 mi
- Bloomfield Butte: 10.4 mi
- Oil Well Hill: 11.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 11.8 mi
- Seventytwo Hills: 12.4 mi
- Bear Springs: 8.1 mi
- Sennett Spring: 14.1 mi
- Lyle Spring: 15.9 mi
- Sourdough Spring: 16.4 mi
- Warm Spring: 17.4 mi
- Maidens Gold Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- Judith Landing Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
- Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 20.8 mi
- Roy City Park: 24.6 mi
- Winifred Museum: 6.9 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- The Wall: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Peak | SSE 149° | 1,917 m | 20.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | SE 145° | 1,867 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SSE 163° | 1,838 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pekay Peak | SSE 154° | 1,830 m | 23.7 mi |
| Porphyry Peak | SSE 154° | 1,827 m | 19.7 mi |
| Collar Peak | SSE 147° | 1,818 m | 22.0 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SSE 149° | 1,812 m | 23.0 mi |
| Elk Peak | SE 140° | 1,803 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:50 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:31 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:37 | 16:30 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winifred, 7 mi away.
- Banded Garden Spider4 obs
- Thistle Stem Gall Fly3 obs
- Northern Leopard Frog3 obs
- Western Honey Bee2 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle2 obs
- European Mantis2 obs
- showy milkweed2 obs
- Flodman's thistle2 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3463233415
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