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Shake Spring

Shake Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Shake Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,022 m. Square Butte stands 1,746 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Top, a peak 0.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1022 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.61909, -109.78919
Around it

80 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 35
Peaks: 26
  • Cherry Top: 0.8 mi
  • The Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Wild Horse Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Seventynine Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Reed Hill: 8.3 mi
Springs: 6
Parks: 5
  • Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
  • Judith Landing Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
  • Denton City Park: 21.9 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 21.9 mi
  • Lions Park: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Recreation Site (Float-In): 18.8 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Square Butte School: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Square ButteWSW 245°1,746 m23.4 mi
Seventytwo HillsSSE 157°1,165 m22.1 mi
Buckskin ButteWSW 248°1,164 m21.6 mi
Antelope ButteWSW 249°1,162 m19.2 mi
Sand Rock HillSSE 164°1,139 m23.4 mi
Twin ButtesSSE 161°1,097 m14.3 mi
Cherry TopN 8°1,071 m0.8 mi
Black ButteS 169°1,061 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5119:32
June solstice05:2220:3321:21
September equinox07:0718:3819:19
December solstice08:0515:3816:31

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212434435261696857443324
Precip in0.60.30.81.52.83.31.91.51.21.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winifred, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3462454999

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