Petes Spring
Petes Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,326 m. Sheep Mountain stands 2,981 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Annerer Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Medicine Wheel Passage passes 26 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1326 m
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Creek Overlook · 28 mi
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
47 named places within 25 miles
- Barrys Island: 3.1 mi
- Dead Indian Hill: 3.5 mi
- East Pryor Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 7.2 mi
- Bar Hill: 7.2 mi
- Annerer Spring: 0.8 mi
- Tony Island Spring: 8.4 mi
- Teeples Spring: 11.2 mi
- Roberts Spring: 12.1 mi
- Trappers Cabin Spring: 12.9 mi
- Caroline Lockhart Ranch: 1.6 mi
- Hillsboro: 3.5 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 5.1 mi
- Mason-Lovell Ranch: 22.1 mi
- Train Engine: 23.3 mi
- Two Eagles Interpretive Trail: 5.6 mi
- Fort Smith: 18.7 mi
- Bucking Mule Falls: 22.2 mi
- Porcupine Falls: 24.8 mi
- Seven Rams Landing: 3.1 mi
- Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range: 8.5 mi
- Tony Island: 8.7 mi
- Kane: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Petes Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Mountain | SE 132° | 2,981 m | 21.5 mi |
| Big Pryor Mountain | W 274° | 2,675 m | 12.7 mi |
| East Pryor Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,673 m | 6.3 mi |
| Red Pryor Mountain | W 260° | 2,575 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mexican Hill | SSE 150° | 2,507 m | 21.5 mi |
| Point Lookout | E 98° | 2,209 m | 16.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | WNW 297° | 2,097 m | 16.5 mi |
| West Pryor Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,036 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:45 | 16:34 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yellowtail DAM, 18 mi away.
- Plains Pricklypear5 obs
- Great Plains yucca3 obs
- Drummond's false pennyroyal3 obs
- American Kestrel2 obs
- Bighorn Sheep2 obs
- Meadow Deathcamas2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Clark's Nutcracker1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4087232195
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