Hackley Spring
Hackley Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,188 m. Horn Mountain stands 1,435 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Eagle Spring Number Two, a spring 0.9 miles away. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1188 m
How to reach it
125 named places within 25 miles
- Black Eagle Spring Number Two: 0.9 mi
- Black Eagle Spring Number One: 1.6 mi
- Roberts Spring: 1.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 2.3 mi
- Rough Prong Spring: 2.7 mi
- BLM: 5.1 mi
- State Trust: 7.8 mi
- BLM: 7.9 mi
- BLM: 9.2 mi
- BLM: 9.5 mi
- Browns Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pyramid Butte: 4.5 mi
- Poker Jim Butte: 4.6 mi
- Battle Butte: 7.0 mi
- Wild Hog Butte: 7.4 mi
- Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 2.8 mi
- King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 11.0 mi
- Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 18.1 mi
- Tongue River Reservoir State Park: 22.4 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 13.9 mi
- Fort Howes: 15.5 mi
- Cheyenne Indian Museum: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hackley Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horn Mountain | W 265° | 1,435 m | 20.8 mi |
| Busby Butte | WNW 300° | 1,379 m | 23.2 mi |
| Half Moon Hill | WSW 251° | 1,374 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cook Creek Butte | WNW 298° | 1,368 m | 14.7 mi |
| Badger Peak | NNW 349° | 1,344 m | 21.6 mi |
| Fisher Butte | N 350° | 1,340 m | 15.3 mi |
| Poker Jim Butte | E 100° | 1,326 m | 4.6 mi |
| Charlie Black Butte | N 349° | 1,302 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:37 | 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, 27 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/7297785484
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