Cottonwood Coulee

Cottonwood Coulee: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Cottonwood Coulee

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Cottonwood Coulee — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.41412, -109.70407. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cottonwood Coulee

• Grace Lutheran Church · church · Golden Valley · ~34 km · Must-see
• Suicide Hill · viewpoint · Wheatland · ~36 km · Must-see
• West Peak · viewpoint · Fergus · ~53 km · Must-see
• Crystal Cascades · waterfall · Fergus · ~56 km · Must-see
• Loco Mountain · viewpoint · Meagher · ~66 km · Must-see
• Cinnamon Number 1 Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~9 km
• Cinnamon Number 10 Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~9 km
• Graves Hotel · fort · Wheatland · ~13 km
• Jawbone Dam Number 2 · lake · Wheatland · ~13 km
• Cinnamon Number 2 Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~14 km
• Berg Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~19 km
• Grazing Antelope Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~20 km
• Cinnamon Number 6 Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~20 km
• Cinnamon Number 4 Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~21 km
• Griffith Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~25 km
• Deadmans Basin Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~30 km
• Deadmans Basin Dike · lake · Wheatland · ~30 km
• Lebo Number 2 NE Dam · lake · Wheatland · ~34 km

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near Cottonwood Coulee

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• West Peak · viewpoint · Fergus · ~53 km · Must-see
• Loco Mountain · viewpoint · Meagher · ~66 km · Must-see
• Crazy Peak · viewpoint · Sweet Grass · ~78 km · Must-see
• Choke-To-Death Butte · viewpoint · Park · ~99 km · Must-see
• Kings Hill · viewpoint · Meagher · ~111 km · Must-see
• Big Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Judith Basin · ~115 km · Must-see
• Livingston Peak · viewpoint · Park · ~136 km · Must-see
• Mount Rae · viewpoint · Park · ~137 km · Must-see
• Hardscrabble Peak · viewpoint · Gallatin · ~141 km · Must-see

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