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Tony Island Spring

Tony Island Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tony Island Spring is a spring in Montana, at a recorded elevation of 2,501 m. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the west, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tony Island, a cliff 0.9 miles away. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2501 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.16387, -108.38080

45 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 13
Attractions: 4
  • Caroline Lockhart Ranch: 7.1 mi
  • Ewing-Snell Ranch: 7.9 mi
  • Hillsboro: 8.5 mi
  • Train Engine: 22.5 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Seven Rams Landing: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pryor MountainW 267°2,675 m4.3 mi
East Pryor MountainE 82°2,673 m2.2 mi
Red Pryor MountainSW 228°2,575 m4.8 mi
Point LookoutE 98°2,209 m24.4 mi
Crown ButteNW 315°2,097 m9.0 mi
West Pryor MountainNW 314°2,036 m15.6 mi
Little MountainSE 142°1,936 m24.0 mi
Little MountainSE 142°1,885 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2720:2021:05
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:5015:4616:35

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192437465666747161473321
Precip in0.10.10.20.41.11.10.50.30.60.60.20.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deaver, 21 mi away.

  • Dark-eyed Junco2 obs
  • American Black Bear2 obs
  • red baneberry2 obs
  • monument plant2 obs
  • spiny phlox2 obs
  • Least Chipmunk2 obs
  • Common Raven1 obs
  • Western Wood-Pewee1 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4087250804

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