Roberts Spring
Roberts Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,157 m. Horn Mountain stands 1,435 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1157 m
How to reach it
128 named places within 25 miles
- Cottonwood Spring: 1.0 mi
- Pasture Spring Number Three: 1.8 mi
- Timber Creek Spring Number One: 1.8 mi
- Hackley Spring: 1.8 mi
- Black Eagle Spring Number One: 1.9 mi
- BLM: 3.8 mi
- State Trust: 6.4 mi
- BLM: 9.1 mi
- BLM: 9.2 mi
- BLM: 9.3 mi
- Poker Jim Butte: 3.6 mi
- Browns Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pyramid Butte: 4.3 mi
- Wild Hog Butte: 5.6 mi
- Battle Butte: 7.3 mi
- Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 3.5 mi
- King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 11.2 mi
- Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 19.9 mi
- Tongue River Reservoir State Park: 22.2 mi
- Fort Howes: 14.3 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 15.6 mi
- Cheyenne Indian Museum: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roberts Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horn Mountain | W 269° | 1,435 m | 21.8 mi |
| Busby Butte | WNW 301° | 1,379 m | 24.8 mi |
| Half Moon Hill | WSW 255° | 1,374 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cook Creek Butte | WNW 301° | 1,368 m | 16.3 mi |
| Badger Peak | NNW 347° | 1,344 m | 23.3 mi |
| Fisher Butte | NNW 348° | 1,340 m | 16.9 mi |
| Poker Jim Butte | ENE 79° | 1,326 m | 3.6 mi |
| Red Butte | SSE 151° | 1,292 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:12 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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, 26 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, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7297785483
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