Poison Spring
Poison Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,218 m. West Pryor Mountain stands 2,036 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Joliet City Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 24 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1218 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
83 named places within 25 miles
- Joliet City Park: 4.1 mi
- Cooney Reservoir State Park: 9.3 mi
- Fromberg City Park: 10.7 mi
- Roberts Community Park: 11.7 mi
- Sportsman Park: 12.3 mi
- Stormitt Butte: 5.9 mi
- Blanchard Butte: 6.0 mi
- Harris Hill: 6.6 mi
- Youngs Point: 6.8 mi
- Wash Bowl Butte: 9.6 mi
- Chappel Spring: 8.4 mi
- Cherry Spring: 10.0 mi
- Bachelder Spring: 14.6 mi
- Shearing Pen Spring: 14.6 mi
- Big Bluewater Spring: 17.4 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 10.7 mi
- Museum of the Beartooths: 13.4 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 24.0 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups Museum: 24.8 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups House: 24.9 mi
- Countrymans Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Firemans Point: 14.0 mi
- Bensons Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark on the Yellowstone: 10.7 mi
- Canyon Creek Battlefield Monument: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poison Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Pryor Mountain | ESE 121° | 2,036 m | 24.9 mi |
| The Big Slide | S 187° | 1,555 m | 16.5 mi |
| Stratford Hill | E 88° | 1,514 m | 21.8 mi |
| Yancey Hill | WSW 253° | 1,468 m | 20.5 mi |
| Church Hill | SW 216° | 1,453 m | 11.3 mi |
| Huntley Butte | WNW 288° | 1,404 m | 18.6 mi |
| Warner Hill | NW 311° | 1,398 m | 24.9 mi |
| Antelope Point | N 352° | 1,391 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:23 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:46 | 16:36 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joliet, 3 mi away.
- Great Plains yucca2 obs
- prairie smoke1 obs
- fragrant evening primrose1 obs
- spiny phlox1 obs
- Crested-tongue Beardtongue1 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/4087232196
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