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Sulphur Spring

Sulphur Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Sulphur Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 924 m. Cone Butte stands 1,769 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is BLM, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway runs past it. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
924 m
Getting there

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Coordinates47.60753, -109.01119
Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
Peaks: 19
  • Peck Hills: 5.3 mi
  • Bald Butte: 7.6 mi
  • Reppe Butte: 8.4 mi
  • White Horse Butte: 9.2 mi
  • Fortress Butte: 11.7 mi
Springs: 9
Parks: 3
  • Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: 15.2 mi
  • Roy City Park: 18.9 mi
  • Little Rocky Mountains Historical Marker: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Gilmore Cabin River Stop: 13.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Winifred Museum: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cone ButteS 187°1,769 m24.3 mi
Thornhill ButteNE 42°1,405 m23.1 mi
Rattlesnake ButteS 175°1,205 m23.2 mi
Sheepherder PeakSW 220°1,203 m20.4 mi
Woodhawk HillNW 309°1,074 m11.8 mi
Bald ButteW 274°1,060 m7.6 mi
Coal HillSSE 147°1,056 m19.3 mi
Bloomfield ButteWSW 253°1,047 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:29
June solstice05:1920:3021:18
September equinox07:0418:3519:16
December solstice08:0215:3516:28

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535445462706959463324
Precip in0.50.40.51.32.52.61.71.30.90.70.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ROY 8 NE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3463235155

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