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Osborn Spring

Osborn Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Osborn Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,081 m. Square Butte stands 1,746 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Denton City Park, a park 5.1 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1081 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.33607, -109.83556
Around it

57 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 16
  • Sand Rock Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 9.1 mi
  • Black Butte: 10.6 mi
  • Indian Graves Butte: 10.6 mi
  • Seventytwo Hills: 11.0 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 6
  • Denton City Park: 5.1 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lions Park: 5.5 mi
  • Stanford City Park: 22.0 mi
  • Judith River Historical Marker: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Square Butte School: 21.2 mi
  • Judith Basin County Fairgrounds: 22.3 mi
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Square ButteWNW 297°1,746 m21.3 mi
Round ButteWNW 291°1,623 m24.1 mi
Rocky ButteESE 123°1,476 m19.2 mi
Antelope ButteWSW 241°1,439 m23.5 mi
Indian ButtesS 187°1,288 m13.5 mi
Indian Graves ButteESE 115°1,188 m10.6 mi
Seventytwo HillsE 94°1,165 m11.0 mi
Buckskin ButteWNW 303°1,164 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2420:3221:20
September equinox07:0718:3919:19
December solstice08:0415:4016:32

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433415159666555433123
Precip in0.40.50.71.72.82.91.71.51.31.20.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Swainson's Hawk1 obs
  • Rough-legged Hawk1 obs
  • Short-eared Owl1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3462454937

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