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Soda Spring

Soda Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Soda Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 890 m. Square Butte stands 1,746 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
890 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.49504, -109.86053
Around it

78 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 30
Peaks: 27
  • Black Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Twin Buttes: 9.4 mi
  • Cherry Top: 10.0 mi
  • The Peak: 11.3 mi
  • Wild Horse Butte: 13.3 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 5
  • Denton City Park: 12.7 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 12.7 mi
  • Lions Park: 12.9 mi
  • Fort Chardon Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
  • Judith Landing Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Square Butte School: 16.0 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Recreation Site (Float-In): 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Square ButteW 266°1,746 m17.9 mi
Round ButteW 264°1,623 m21.4 mi
Palisade ButteW 265°1,509 m24.4 mi
Libby HillsW 265°1,444 m24.1 mi
Indian ButtesS 181°1,288 m24.4 mi
Indian Graves ButteSE 145°1,188 m18.9 mi
Seventytwo HillsSE 134°1,165 m16.8 mi
Buckskin ButteW 272°1,164 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2320:3321:21
September equinox07:0718:3919:19
December solstice08:0515:3916:31

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222433415159666555433123
Precip in0.40.50.71.72.82.91.71.51.31.20.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Belted Kingfisher1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3462455000

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