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Franks Spring

Franks Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Franks Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 851 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 1,019 m to the west-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Chandler Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
851 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.82018, -107.42913
Around it

51 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 30
Peaks: 15
  • Castle Butte: 1.9 mi
  • Larb Hills: 3.9 mi
  • Coal Mine Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Collins Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Barnard Buttes: 8.1 mi
Parks: 4
  • Fourchette Creek Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
  • Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge: 14.7 mi
  • Bone Trail Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
  • Devils Creek State Recreation Area: 17.5 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coal Mine HillWNW 287°1,019 m5.0 mi
Larb HillsW 272°981 m3.9 mi
Chalk ButteSSE 165°979 m22.0 mi
Table TopSSW 205°920 m17.7 mi
Collins HillNW 312°914 m6.5 mi
Barnard ButtesWSW 243°904 m8.1 mi
Brandon ButteSW 225°895 m20.8 mi
Square ButteWSW 247°894 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1220:2421:13
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5715:2716:20

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161931435362696857432919
Precip in0.40.30.61.32.32.81.71.31.21.10.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Content 4 NNE, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3271558681

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