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Davis Spring

Davis Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Davis Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 877 m. Haystack Butte stands 1,027 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 3.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
877 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.35634, -108.21183

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 48
Peaks: 11
  • Dovetail Butte: 4.2 mi
  • Dog Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Tin Can Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 13.6 mi
  • Button Butte: 17.1 mi
Springs: 9
Parks: 2
  • Crooked Creek Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haystack ButteW 272°1,027 m13.6 mi
Dovetail ButteNW 321°986 m4.2 mi
Tin Can HillSE 145°927 m13.4 mi
Battleship ButteESE 109°925 m23.4 mi
Sandage ButtesESE 121°921 m18.9 mi
Button ButteNW 307°903 m17.1 mi
Finley ButteE 99°892 m20.6 mi
Dog ButteSW 220°890 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4519:26
June solstice05:1720:2621:14
September equinox07:0018:3219:12
December solstice07:5815:3316:25

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202333435362706958443222
Precip in0.60.40.61.32.92.61.61.41.21.20.50.5

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

  • White-faced Ibis1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3452916606

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