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Sourdough Spring

Sourdough Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Sourdough Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 993 m. Red Mountain stands 1,867 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
993 m
Getting there

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Coordinates47.57968, -109.13551
Around it

96 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 23
  • Bald Butte: 3.0 mi
  • Peck Hills: 3.9 mi
  • Bloomfield Butte: 6.1 mi
  • White Horse Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Woodhawk Hill: 9.9 mi
Springs: 8
Parks: 2
  • Roy City Park: 18.7 mi
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 21.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainS 186°1,867 m24.6 mi
Elk PeakS 181°1,803 m24.4 mi
Cone ButteS 172°1,769 m22.4 mi
Lewis PeakS 178°1,708 m24.0 mi
Lookout PeakSSE 168°1,614 m23.6 mi
Rattlesnake ButteSSE 160°1,205 m22.6 mi
Sheepherder PeakSSW 208°1,203 m15.5 mi
Woodhawk HillNNW 340°1,074 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4919:29
June solstice05:2020:3021:19
September equinox07:0418:3619:16
December solstice08:0315:3516:28

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3463235154

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