Pender Coulee

Pender 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 Pender 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 Pender Coulee — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.70136, -108.77126. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pender Coulee

• Crystal Cascades · waterfall · Fergus · ~69 km · Must-see
• West Peak · viewpoint · Fergus · ~74 km · Must-see
• Joe Toe Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~8 km
• Muppet Dam · lake · Fergus · ~13 km
• Ernie Number 1 Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~17 km
• Spring Creek Irrigation Dam · lake · Fergus · ~17 km
• Snowy Mountain Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~19 km
• Ivy Number 3 Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~23 km
• Oset Number 1 Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~26 km
• Flatwillow Creek Number 2 Dam · lake · Petroleum · ~26 km
• Eliasson Dam · lake · Petroleum · ~28 km
• D Bartlett Number 2 Dam · lake · Petroleum · ~29 km
• Hughes Junior Number 1 Dam · lake · Fergus · ~30 km
• O Lane Number 1 Dam · lake · Fergus · ~30 km
• Skunk Retention Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~31 km
• Ivy Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~34 km
• Sheepland Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~35 km
• R P Griffith Number 1 Dam · lake · Musselshell · ~38 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pender Coulee

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pender Coulee

• West Peak · viewpoint · Fergus · ~74 km · Must-see
• Suicide Hill · viewpoint · Wheatland · ~130 km · Must-see
• Coburn Hill · viewpoint · Yellowstone · ~134 km · Must-see
• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Musselshell · ~20 km
• Pike Creek Hills · viewpoint · Petroleum · ~23 km
• Bald Butte · viewpoint · Fergus · ~24 km
• Kinnick Coulee · viewpoint · Fergus · ~24 km
• Three Buttes · viewpoint · Fergus · ~30 km
• Timber Buttes · viewpoint · Musselshell · ~30 km
• Sahara Hill · viewpoint · Golden Valley · ~30 km

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