Dripping Spring
Dripping Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 763 m. Chalk Butte stands 979 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Brownie Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 763 m
How to reach it
64 named places within 25 miles
- BLM: 4.6 mi
- BLM: 7.4 mi
- State Trust: 8.4 mi
- BLM: 9.2 mi
- BLM: 9.7 mi
- Brownie Butte: 2.2 mi
- Maloney Hill: 4.7 mi
- Biscuit Butte: 6.1 mi
- Baldy Butte: 6.4 mi
- Sage Hen Buttes: 7.2 mi
- Hell Creek State Park: 6.2 mi
- Hell Creek Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Bone Trail Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge: 12.7 mi
- Panwitz Park: 16.9 mi
- Manaige Spring: 2.4 mi
- Lindbergh Spring: 5.2 mi
- McKrone Spring: 5.2 mi
- Biscuit Butte Spring: 5.8 mi
- Swallow Nest Spring: 18.8 mi
- Garfield County Museum: 16.6 mi
- Garfield County Veteran's Memorial: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dripping Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Butte | WSW 258° | 979 m | 14.8 mi |
| Biscuit Butte | SW 216° | 922 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sage Hen Buttes | SSW 193° | 913 m | 7.2 mi |
| Smoky Butte | SSW 195° | 913 m | 16.2 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SSW 207° | 907 m | 11.6 mi |
| Buffalo Hill | E 80° | 894 m | 10.7 mi |
| Baldy Butte | W 271° | 887 m | 6.4 mi |
| Murray Hill | N 352° | 885 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:40 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:22 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:27 | 16:20 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jordan AP, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3686282097
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