List of mountains in Garfield County, Montana facts for kids
Garfield County, Montana, is a large area in the eastern part of the state. It's famous for its wide-open spaces and special landforms. If you explore Garfield County, you'll discover many interesting hills and mountains. These aren't tall, pointy peaks like those in the Rocky Mountains. Instead, many are called buttes. A butte is a tall, flat-topped hill with steep sides, often standing alone in a flat area. They are like natural towers or small mountains.
There are at least 74 named mountains and buttes in Garfield County. Each one has its own name and location, making the landscape very unique. These landforms are important for understanding the geography of Montana.
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What is a Butte?
A butte is a type of hill that is taller than it is wide. It usually has a flat top and very steep sides. Imagine a natural fortress rising from the ground! Buttes are often formed when softer rock around them wears away over time, leaving behind a harder core. This process, called erosion, is caused by wind and water.
Measuring Mountains and Buttes
When we talk about mountains and buttes, we often mention their elevation. Elevation means how high a place is above sea level. For example, if a butte has an elevation of 3,000 feet (about 914 meters), it means its top is 3,000 feet higher than the ocean's surface. We use the [convert: needs a number] template to show heights in both feet and meters, which helps everyone understand the size.
We also use something called coordinates to show exactly where a mountain or butte is located on Earth. These numbers, like 47° 13′ 11″ N and 107° 20′ 46″ W, tell us the latitude (how far north or south) and longitude (how far east or west) of a specific spot. This is like giving a precise address for each landform!
Some Famous Landforms in Garfield County
Many of the buttes and hills in Garfield County have interesting names that often describe their shape or what they look like. Here are just a few examples:
- Battleship Butte: This butte might remind you of a large warship because of its shape.
- Elephant Butte: Perhaps this one looks like an elephant, or maybe it's just really big!
- Castle Butte: There are actually two buttes with this name in Garfield County. They might look like old castles or fortresses.
- Smoky Butte: This name could come from its color or how it looks in certain weather.
- Robbers Roost: This name sounds like a place where outlaws might have hidden long ago!
- Pikes Peak: While not the famous Pikes Peak in Colorado, this one in Montana shares the same name.
These names help us imagine what these natural features are like, even if we haven't seen them in person.
List of Mountains and Buttes in Garfield County
Here is a list of some of the many named mountains and buttes you can find in Garfield County, Montana, along with their elevations:
- Adams Rocky Butte, 47°13′11″N 107°20′46″W / 47.21972°N 107.34611°W, el. 3,173 feet (967 m)
- Baker Point, 47°28′10″N 107°44′46″W / 47.46944°N 107.74611°W, el. 2,766 feet (843 m)
- Baldy Butte, 47°33′38″N 107°07′47″W / 47.56056°N 107.12972°W, el. 2,913 feet (888 m)
- Barney Pinnacle, 47°04′03″N 107°50′11″W / 47.06750°N 107.83639°W, el. 3,110 feet (950 m)
- Battleship Butte, 47°14′39″N 107°44′22″W / 47.24417°N 107.73944°W, el. 3,035 feet (925 m)
- Biscuit Butte, 47°29′11″N 107°04′14″W / 47.48639°N 107.07056°W, el. 3,025 feet (922 m)
- Black Butte, 46°55′57″N 107°33′44″W / 46.93250°N 107.56222°W, el. 3,271 feet (997 m)
- Black Hills, 46°55′20″N 106°39′50″W / 46.92222°N 106.66389°W, el. 3,097 feet (944 m)
- Blazier Butte, 46°57′10″N 107°01′54″W / 46.95278°N 107.03167°W, el. 3,291 feet (1,003 m)
- Boslough Butte, 47°11′32″N 107°20′11″W / 47.19222°N 107.33639°W, el. 3,169 feet (966 m)
- Brownie Butte, 47°31′50″N 107°01′02″W / 47.53056°N 107.01722°W, el. 2,874 feet (876 m)
- Brownie Butte, 47°39′45″N 106°34′11″W / 47.66250°N 106.56972°W, el. 2,746 feet (837 m)
- Buffalo Hill, 47°35′07″N 106°46′00″W / 47.58528°N 106.76667°W, el. 2,933 feet (894 m)
- Buffalo Scott Butte, 47°01′14″N 107°40′24″W / 47.02056°N 107.67333°W, el. 3,015 feet (919 m)
- Cap Rock Butte, 47°28′23″N 107°39′27″W / 47.47306°N 107.65750°W, el. 3,022 feet (921 m)
- Castle Butte, 47°06′46″N 107°42′11″W / 47.11278°N 107.70306°W, el. 3,176 feet (968 m)
- Castle Butte, 47°24′26″N 107°01′50″W / 47.40722°N 107.03056°W, el. 2,828 feet (862 m)
- Chalk Butte, 47°30′49″N 107°18′14″W / 47.51361°N 107.30389°W, el. 3,232 feet (985 m)
- Coal Bank Hill, 47°42′55″N 106°28′41″W / 47.71528°N 106.47806°W, el. 2,595 feet (791 m)
- Coffin Butte, 47°14′15″N 107°35′16″W / 47.23750°N 107.58778°W, el. 3,133 feet (955 m)
- Cox Butte, 47°01′49″N 107°32′00″W / 47.03028°N 107.53333°W, el. 3,104 feet (946 m)
- Crown Butte, 46°56′05″N 107°08′29″W / 46.93472°N 107.14139°W, el. 3,563 feet (1,086 m)
- Darby Buttes, 47°09′39″N 106°54′00″W / 47.16083°N 106.90000°W, el. 3,035 feet (925 m)
- Elephant Butte, 47°13′44″N 107°18′30″W / 47.22889°N 107.30833°W, el. 3,117 feet (950 m)
- Emma Butte, 46°56′40″N 107°15′57″W / 46.94444°N 107.26583°W, el. 3,419 feet (1,042 m)
- Fig Mountain, 47°02′47″N 107°01′13″W / 47.04639°N 107.02028°W, el. 3,428 feet (1,045 m)
- Finley Butte, 47°18′23″N 107°46′42″W / 47.30639°N 107.77833°W, el. 2,926 feet (892 m)
- Froehlich Butte, 47°01′13″N 107°44′23″W / 47.02028°N 107.73972°W, el. 3,146 feet (959 m)
- Hawks Nest, 47°01′10″N 107°18′44″W / 47.01944°N 107.31222°W, el. 3,510 feet (1,070 m)
- Haystack Butte, 47°24′31″N 107°06′19″W / 47.40861°N 107.10528°W, el. 2,979 feet (908 m)
- Hook Rock, 47°20′24″N 106°16′24″W / 47.34000°N 106.27333°W, el. 2,654 feet (809 m)
- Indian Rocks, 47°27′33″N 106°21′58″W / 47.45917°N 106.36611°W, el. 2,467 feet (752 m)
- Joe Ott Butte, 47°02′01″N 107°05′58″W / 47.03361°N 107.09944°W, el. 3,317 feet (1,011 m)
- Kirts Butte, 47°02′02″N 107°27′24″W / 47.03389°N 107.45667°W, el. 3,353 feet (1,022 m)
- Lambs Butte, 47°26′09″N 106°25′27″W / 47.43583°N 106.42417°W, el. 2,559 feet (780 m)
- Little Buffalo Hill, 47°41′02″N 106°49′02″W / 47.68389°N 106.81722°W, el. 2,608 feet (795 m)
- Little Chalk Butte, 46°55′41″N 106°09′25″W / 46.92806°N 106.15694°W, el. 2,923 feet (891 m)
- Maloney Hill, 47°33′09″N 106°53′32″W / 47.55250°N 106.89222°W, el. 2,664 feet (812 m)
- Manlove Butte, 47°01′32″N 107°25′49″W / 47.02556°N 107.43028°W, el. 3,471 feet (1,058 m)
- McGinnis Butte, 46°56′43″N 107°22′57″W / 46.94528°N 107.38250°W, el. 3,474 feet (1,059 m)
- McGlen Buttes, 47°02′40″N 107°38′33″W / 47.04444°N 107.64250°W, el. 2,969 feet (905 m)
- McGraw Butte, 46°59′20″N 106°50′07″W / 46.98889°N 106.83528°W, el. 2,979 feet (908 m)
- McTwigan Butte, 47°00′39″N 107°43′28″W / 47.01083°N 107.72444°W, el. 3,150 feet (960 m)
- Montgomery Hill, 46°51′40″N 106°38′27″W / 46.86111°N 106.64083°W, el. 3,077 feet (938 m)
- Mother Butte, 46°56′51″N 106°55′53″W / 46.94750°N 106.93139°W, el. 3,428 feet (1,045 m)
- Mows Butte, 47°01′35″N 107°27′47″W / 47.02639°N 107.46306°W, el. 3,340 feet (1,020 m)
- Neiter Butte, 47°06′17″N 107°34′45″W / 47.10472°N 107.57917°W, el. 3,238 feet (987 m)
- O'Day Butte, 47°05′44″N 107°32′48″W / 47.09556°N 107.54667°W, el. 3,323 feet (1,013 m)
- Phillips Buttes, 47°01′41″N 106°35′16″W / 47.02806°N 106.58778°W, el. 2,887 feet (880 m)
- Pikes Peak, 47°18′53″N 106°53′52″W / 47.31472°N 106.89778°W, el. 2,700 feet (820 m)
- Rattlesnake Butte, 47°08′59″N 107°31′05″W / 47.14972°N 107.51806°W, el. 3,314 feet (1,010 m)
- Red Buttes, 46°51′52″N 106°19′29″W / 46.86444°N 106.32472°W, el. 3,031 feet (924 m)
- Robbers Roost, 47°00′21″N 107°19′37″W / 47.00583°N 107.32694°W, el. 3,547 feet (1,081 m)
- Round Butte, 47°39′03″N 107°07′39″W / 47.65083°N 107.12750°W, el. 2,828 feet (862 m)
- Sage Hen Buttes, 47°27′24″N 107°01′45″W / 47.45667°N 107.02917°W, el. 3,005 feet (916 m)
- Sandage Buttes, 47°12′55″N 107°51′58″W / 47.21528°N 107.86611°W, el. 3,022 feet (921 m)
- School Butte, 46°55′29″N 107°14′17″W / 46.92472°N 107.23806°W, el. 3,455 feet (1,053 m)
- Signal Butte, 47°40′55″N 106°38′12″W / 47.68194°N 106.63667°W, el. 2,736 feet (834 m)
- Smoky Butte, 47°19′55″N 107°04′58″W / 47.33194°N 107.08278°W, el. 2,995 feet (913 m)
- Square Butte, 47°21′56″N 107°36′07″W / 47.36556°N 107.60194°W, el. 3,054 feet (931 m)
- Square Butte, 47°42′24″N 106°30′12″W / 47.70667°N 106.50333°W, el. 2,828 feet (862 m)
- Standing Rock, 47°24′21″N 106°19′10″W / 47.40583°N 106.31944°W, el. 2,411 feet (735 m)
- Strop Butte, 47°06′04″N 107°44′47″W / 47.10111°N 107.74639°W, el. 2,923 feet (891 m)
- Table Top, 47°35′18″N 107°35′31″W / 47.58833°N 107.59194°W, el. 3,018 feet (920 m)
- Thomas Butte, 47°01′27″N 107°33′59″W / 47.02417°N 107.56639°W, el. 3,018 feet (920 m)
- Three Buttes, 46°51′31″N 106°40′26″W / 46.85861°N 106.67389°W, el. 3,156 feet (962 m)
- Timber Butte, 47°00′03″N 107°42′14″W / 47.00083°N 107.70389°W, el. 3,176 feet (968 m)
- Tindall Divide, 47°11′08″N 107°38′03″W / 47.18556°N 107.63417°W, el. 3,225 feet (983 m)
- Turner Butte, 47°00′09″N 107°40′42″W / 47.00250°N 107.67833°W, el. 3,156 feet (962 m)
- Twin Butte, 47°02′43″N 107°47′05″W / 47.04528°N 107.78472°W, el. 3,084 feet (940 m)
- Twin Buttes, 47°10′21″N 107°23′43″W / 47.17250°N 107.39528°W, el. 3,281 feet (1,000 m)
- Twin Buttes, 47°14′32″N 106°10′46″W / 47.24222°N 106.17944°W, el. 2,743 feet (836 m)
- Waddington Dome, 47°05′32″N 107°36′52″W / 47.09222°N 107.61444°W, el. 3,310 feet (1,010 m)
- White Buttes, 47°18′03″N 106°16′31″W / 47.30083°N 106.27528°W, el. 2,680 feet (820 m)
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