Parrish Spring
Parrish Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,175 m. Cook Creek Butte stands 1,368 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Sawmill Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1175 m
How to reach it
130 named places within 25 miles
- BLM: 6.5 mi
- State Trust: 8.0 mi
- BLM: 10.2 mi
- BLM: 10.4 mi
- State Trust: 11.4 mi
- Jackson Sawmill Spring: 0.8 mi
- Parrish Spring Number Two: 1.2 mi
- Jackson Spring: 1.6 mi
- Griffin Spring: 1.7 mi
- Wild Hog Spring: 2.1 mi
- Poker Jim Butte: 1.9 mi
- Wild Hog Butte: 2.7 mi
- Horse Creek Buttes: 3.5 mi
- Browns Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Stag Rock Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 5.5 mi
- King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 9.4 mi
- Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 22.9 mi
- Fort Howes: 9.6 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 19.8 mi
- Diamond Butte Lookout: 20.3 mi
- Cheyenne Indian Museum: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parrish Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Creek Butte | WNW 296° | 1,368 m | 20.8 mi |
| Fisher Butte | NNW 335° | 1,340 m | 19.2 mi |
| Poker Jim Butte | NW 326° | 1,326 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gardner Butte | E 86° | 1,306 m | 23.1 mi |
| Diamond Butte | E 100° | 1,301 m | 20.3 mi |
| Threemile Buttes | ENE 60° | 1,297 m | 24.1 mi |
| Red Butte | SSE 161° | 1,292 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bailey Hill | E 87° | 1,282 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:12 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:37 | 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 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonnette 7 SW, 21 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 160 | 173 | 222 | 282 | 699 | 1,380 | 584 | 380 | 302 | 231 | 213 | 169 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tongue R at Birney Day School Br nr Birney MT, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Boisduval's Blue2 obs
- North American Porcupine1 obs
- Gray Hairstreak1 obs
- prairie smoke1 obs
- Low Pussytoes1 obs
- Linearleaf Phacelia1 obs
- Tufted Milkvetch1 obs
- Alyssum-leaf phlox1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7274887347
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