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Nantelle Spring

Nantelle Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Nantelle Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,073 m. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the east-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 2.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1073 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.89106, -108.77746
Around it

84 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
  • Saskatchewan Butte: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Child Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Thornhill Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Indian Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Mission Peak: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Springs: 7
Parks: 3
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 18.5 mi
  • Manning Corral Prairie Dog Town: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Antoine ButteENE 73°1,743 m9.7 mi
Shell ButteENE 72°1,735 m11.0 mi
Old Scraggy PeakENE 74°1,731 m12.0 mi
Beaver MountainENE 67°1,689 m12.5 mi
Mission PeakENE 74°1,680 m7.3 mi
Green MountainENE 67°1,673 m11.3 mi
Silver PeakE 91°1,664 m9.0 mi
Gold Bug ButteENE 78°1,660 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4719:28
June solstice05:1720:3021:19
September equinox07:0318:3419:15
December solstice08:0315:3216:25

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432415058666656433325
Precip in0.90.60.81.83.24.02.31.51.41.31.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zortman, 12 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1.81.72.24.612.19.35.12.82.42.22.11.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Peoples Creek near Hays, MT, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3271558687

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