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Elliot Spring

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Elevation
1,144 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Horn Mountain1,435 m · 19.6 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:59local time
Coordinates
45.4845, -106.5682
Elliot Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Elliot Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded 1,144 m. Horn Mountain stands 1,435 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rondeau Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Elevation
1144 m

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horn MountainSW 232°1,435 m19.6 mi
Sarpy MountainsWNW 299°1,380 m23.0 mi
Busby ButteW 275°1,379 m15.0 mi
Cook Creek ButteWSW 246°1,368 m8.5 mi
Chalky PointNW 315°1,356 m23.4 mi
Badger PeakN 5°1,344 m11.0 mi
Fisher ButteNNE 29°1,340 m5.5 mi
Poker Jim ButteSE 138°1,326 m14.8 mi

106 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
Nature reserves: 27
Peaks: 23
Historic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4019:19
June solstice05:1820:1420:59
September equinox06:5418:2719:06
December solstice07:4415:3716:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212435445363716959453323
Precip in0.70.70.91.72.72.11.41.01.61.50.80.6

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

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1601732222826991,380584380302231213169

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tongue R at Birney Day School Br nr Birney MT, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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