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Dawkins Springs

Dawkins Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Dawkins Springs is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,239 m. Greathouse Peak stands 2,646 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Moore High School Park, a park 2.4 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1239 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.95662, -109.73933

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 22
  • Indian Buttes: 14.1 mi
  • West Peak: 15.5 mi
  • Castle Butte: 16.0 mi
  • Mount Harlow: 16.0 mi
  • Lime Cave Peak: 17.0 mi
Parks: 17
  • Moore High School Park: 2.4 mi
  • Moore City Park: 2.7 mi
  • Judith River Historical Marker: 7.5 mi
  • Ackley Lake State Park: 9.3 mi
  • Judith Basin Country Historical Marker: 15.4 mi
Springs: 10
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greathouse PeakSE 125°2,646 m22.3 mi
Old BaldySE 125°2,645 m24.6 mi
Tepee PointSE 129°2,558 m22.6 mi
West PeakSE 142°2,499 m15.5 mi
Jump Off PeakSE 127°2,285 m17.2 mi
Twin SistersSW 226°2,254 m20.0 mi
Mount HarlowSE 134°2,178 m16.0 mi
Lime Cave PeakESE 123°2,146 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2520:3121:18
September equinox07:0718:3819:19
December solstice08:0315:4116:33

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252633415058666656443325
Precip in0.50.40.61.42.62.71.61.71.51.10.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moccasin EXP STN, 12 mi away.

  • Two-striped Grasshopper2 obs
  • Western Meadowlark1 obs
  • Great Horned Owl1 obs
  • Wild Licorice1 obs
  • purple prairie clover1 obs
  • Margined Burying Beetle1 obs
  • sticky geranium1 obs
  • Curlycup Gumweed1 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/3462454935

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