Mud Spring
Mud Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 970 m. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Nantelle Spring, a spring 2.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 970 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- Thornhill Butte: 3.3 mi
- Saskatchewan Butte: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Child Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Indian Peak: 6.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 6.9 mi
- BLM: 3.1 mi
- BLM: 8.1 mi
- State Trust: 8.3 mi
- BLM: 8.4 mi
- State Trust: 10.3 mi
- Nantelle Spring: 2.8 mi
- Bow Spring: 18.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 19.0 mi
- Hart Spring: 19.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 20.9 mi
- Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 7.0 mi
- Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 15.8 mi
- Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 18.8 mi
- Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 12.6 mi
- Rocky Point: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Butte | NE 56° | 1,743 m | 9.6 mi |
| Shell Butte | ENE 57° | 1,735 m | 10.9 mi |
| Old Scraggy Peak | ENE 60° | 1,731 m | 11.8 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | NE 54° | 1,689 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mission Peak | NE 52° | 1,680 m | 7.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | NE 52° | 1,673 m | 11.5 mi |
| Silver Peak | ENE 73° | 1,664 m | 8.1 mi |
| Gold Bug Butte | ENE 57° | 1,660 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:47 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:30 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:32 | 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 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Peoples Creek near Hays, MT, 9 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/3271558686
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