Nelson Springs
Nelson Springs is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 828 m. Tiger Butte stands 1,478 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is State Trust, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 828 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway
84 named places within 25 miles
- State Trust: 2.1 mi
- State Trust: 5.9 mi
- BLM: 6.4 mi
- BLM: 7.2 mi
- BLM: 7.3 mi
- The Peak: 4.2 mi
- Reed Hill: 4.3 mi
- Clagget Hill: 4.6 mi
- Lidstone Hill: 4.9 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 5.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 2.7 mi
- Shake Spring: 6.0 mi
- Bear Springs: 15.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 15.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 20.1 mi
- The Wall: 2.9 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 5.6 mi
- Judith Landing Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Citadel Rock: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Butte School: 24.6 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Recreation Site (Float-In): 18.0 mi
- Winifred Museum: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nelson Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Butte | N 8° | 1,478 m | 23.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | NNE 13° | 1,277 m | 23.4 mi |
| Haystack Butte | NNE 13° | 1,252 m | 24.8 mi |
| Echo Butte | NNE 26° | 1,218 m | 21.8 mi |
| Saddle Rock | NE 34° | 1,202 m | 23.9 mi |
| McNamara Butte | NNW 347° | 1,164 m | 24.9 mi |
| Antelope Butte | WSW 240° | 1,162 m | 24.2 mi |
| Twin Buttes | S 175° | 1,097 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:51 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:33 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 15:37 | 16:30 |
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 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winifred, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3462454936
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