Swallow Nest Spring
Swallow Nest Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 761 m. Biscuit Butte stands 922 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Butte, a peak 0.6 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 761 m
How to reach it
70 named places within 25 miles
- Signal Butte: 0.6 mi
- Brownie Butte: 3.8 mi
- Square Butte: 6.4 mi
- Coal Bank Hill: 7.7 mi
- Little Buffalo Hill: 8.3 mi
- BLM: 5.0 mi
- State Trust: 7.2 mi
- BLM: 9.5 mi
- BLM: 9.7 mi
- BLM: 12.8 mi
- The Pines Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Hell Creek Recreation Area: 12.7 mi
- Hell Creek State Park: 12.8 mi
- Rock Creek State Park: 17.1 mi
- Duck Creek Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Manaige Spring: 16.5 mi
- Dripping Spring: 18.8 mi
- Lindbergh Spring: 22.8 mi
- McKrone Spring: 23.1 mi
- Biscuit Butte Spring: 24.2 mi
- Old Fort Peck Historical Marker: 22.6 mi
- Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Park: 23.7 mi
- Powerhouse Museum: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swallow Nest Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biscuit Butte | SW 235° | 922 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sage Hen Buttes | SW 228° | 913 m | 24.3 mi |
| Buffalo Hill | SW 219° | 894 m | 9.4 mi |
| Baldy Butte | WSW 249° | 887 m | 24.5 mi |
| Murray Hill | WNW 294° | 885 m | 20.5 mi |
| Brownie Butte | WSW 238° | 876 m | 20.8 mi |
| Square Butte | E 80° | 861 m | 6.4 mi |
| Round Butte | W 263° | 855 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:21 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:25 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Peck PWR PLT, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3698974588
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