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Cow Camp Spring

Cow Camp Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cow Camp Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 899 m. Echo Butte stands 1,218 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is The Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
899 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.65997, -109.75096
Around it

80 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 38
Peaks: 26
  • The Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Cherry Top: 2.6 mi
  • Reed Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Seventynine Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Clagget Hill: 6.8 mi
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 2
Parks: 2
  • Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 8.1 mi
  • Judith Landing Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Recreation Site (Float-In): 18.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Square Butte School: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Echo ButteNNE 27°1,218 m24.5 mi
Seventytwo HillsSSE 163°1,165 m24.1 mi
Buckskin ButteWSW 244°1,164 m24.4 mi
Antelope ButteWSW 244°1,162 m22.0 mi
Twin ButtesS 170°1,097 m16.6 mi
Cherry TopSW 220°1,071 m2.6 mi
Black ButteS 180°1,061 m12.6 mi
Bloomfield ButteESE 107°1,047 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5119:32
June solstice05:2220:3321:21
September equinox07:0618:3819:19
December solstice08:0515:3716:30

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212434435261696857443324
Precip in0.60.30.81.52.83.31.91.51.21.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winifred, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3462454934

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