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Prewett Spring

Prewett Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Prewett Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,280 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluewater Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 25 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1280 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.33633, -108.77799

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
Peaks: 19
Springs: 15
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pryor MountainSE 129°2,675 m19.3 mi
East Pryor MountainESE 118°2,673 m24.5 mi
Red Pryor MountainSE 134°2,575 m21.8 mi
Crown ButteESE 113°2,097 m14.1 mi
West Pryor MountainE 98°2,036 m8.1 mi
Black ButteS 171°1,577 m10.3 mi
The Big SlideWSW 254°1,555 m15.9 mi
Stratford HillNE 35°1,514 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4919:28
June solstice05:2820:2221:08
September equinox07:0318:3619:14
December solstice07:5215:4616:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736445462706858463425
Precip in0.30.30.51.62.21.80.80.61.11.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs28.828.828.929.428.527.826.126.027.628.028.628.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Bluewater Creek near Bridger, MT, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Plains Spadefoot1 obs
  • Coyote1 obs
  • Bumble Bees1 obs
  • Common Drone Fly1 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush1 obs
  • Common Wood-Nymph1 obs
  • western poison ivy1 obs
  • three-square bulrush1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4087232197

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