Gate Creek Spring
Gate Creek Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,080 m. Cook Creek Butte stands 1,368 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pittman Draw Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1080 m
How to reach it
120 named places within 25 miles
- Pittman Draw Spring: 1.1 mi
- Green Creek Spring: 2.2 mi
- Section Line Spring: 2.9 mi
- Fletcher Spring: 4.4 mi
- Rough Prong Spring: 5.1 mi
- Browns Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Poker Jim Butte: 5.9 mi
- King Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Wild Hog Butte: 10.1 mi
- Horse Creek Buttes: 10.3 mi
- BLM: 3.0 mi
- BLM: 11.4 mi
- State Trust: 12.2 mi
- State Trust: 13.8 mi
- BLM: 16.1 mi
- Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 4.2 mi
- King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 4.4 mi
- Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 16.7 mi
- Fort Howes: 13.6 mi
- Cheyenne Indian Museum: 14.2 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 16.1 mi
- Diamond Butte Lookout: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gate Creek Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Creek Butte | W 276° | 1,368 m | 17.9 mi |
| Badger Peak | NNW 331° | 1,344 m | 18.5 mi |
| Home Creek Butte | ENE 57° | 1,344 m | 24.5 mi |
| Fisher Butte | NW 324° | 1,340 m | 12.3 mi |
| Poker Jim Butte | S 182° | 1,326 m | 5.9 mi |
| Gardner Butte | ESE 104° | 1,306 m | 24.6 mi |
| Charlie Black Butte | NNW 334° | 1,302 m | 20.9 mi |
| Diamond Butte | ESE 118° | 1,301 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:12 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:36 | 16:26 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonnette 7 SW, 23 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 160 | 173 | 222 | 282 | 699 | 1,380 | 584 | 380 | 302 | 231 | 213 | 169 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tongue R at Birney Day School Br nr Birney MT, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5323829431
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