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Mud Spring

Mud Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Mud Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 909 m. Twin Tops stands 1,078 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 909 m

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Coordinates46.79886, -108.10461

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves53

BLM: 1.5 mi
BLM: 5.2 mi
BLM: 6.5 mi
BLM: 6.6 mi
BLM: 9.4 mi

Peaks10

Rattlesnake Butte: 6.2 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes: 17.4 mi
Barney Pinnacle: 22.5 mi
Kilby Butte: 22.5 mi
Twin Butte: 22.8 mi

Springs4

Circle Bar Spring: 6.2 mi
Breed Spring: 14.5 mi
Chalk Springs: 22.3 mi
Breed Springs: 23.5 mi

Parks2

Jim Bartlett Field: 18.1 mi
George Ore Memorial Park: 18.5 mi

Rest areas1

MT 200 Rest Area: 17.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Hibbard: 24.7 mi

On the horizon

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
Twin Tops	SE 139°	1,078 m	24.5 mi
Kilby Butte	SW 214°	1,075 m	22.5 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	NW 326°	1,060 m	6.2 mi
Timber Butte	NE 53°	968 m	23.5 mi
Rattlesnake Buttes	E 101°	962 m	17.4 mi
Turner Butte	NE 55°	962 m	24.6 mi
McTwigan Butte	NE 51°	960 m	23.2 mi
Froehlich Butte	NE 48°	959 m	23.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:45	19:25
June solstice	05:19	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:00	18:32	19:12
December solstice	07:55	15:36	16:27

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	25	27	36	45	54	63	70	70	60	47	35	26
Precip in	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.8	2.7	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatwillow 4 ENE, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3452916608

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