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Soap Spring

Soap Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Soap Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 1,189 m. Cook Creek Butte stands 1,368 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fletcher Spring, a spring 2.9 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1189 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.36705, -106.25345

131 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 35
  • Stag Rock Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Stag Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Poker Jim Butte: 6.2 mi
  • Horse Creek Buttes: 7.0 mi
  • King Mountain: 7.5 mi
Parks: 3
  • King Mountain Hiking and Riding Area: 4.4 mi
  • Tongue River Breaks Hiding and Riding Area: 8.0 mi
  • Kenneth Beartusk Memorial Powwow Grounds: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Diamond Butte Lookout: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cook Creek ButteWNW 281°1,368 m23.5 mi
Home Creek ButteNE 43°1,344 m22.3 mi
Badger PeakNW 323°1,344 m23.8 mi
Fisher ButteNW 316°1,340 m18.0 mi
Poker Jim ButteWSW 242°1,326 m6.2 mi
Gardner ButteE 99°1,306 m18.9 mi
Diamond ButteESE 118°1,301 m17.6 mi
Threemile ButtesENE 65°1,297 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:18
June solstice05:1820:1220:58
September equinox06:5318:2519:04
December solstice07:4215:3616:25

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232535435262706959453324
Precip in0.50.70.91.92.92.71.71.11.11.40.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonnette 7 SW, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5316451918

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