Plum Coulee

Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum Coulee — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.26918, -104.81441. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Plum Coulee

• Glendive Church · church · Dawson · ~24 km · Must-see
• Makoshika State Park · park · Dawson · ~33 km · Must-see
• V Dam · lake · Dawson · ~9 km
• Dickerson Dam · lake · Dawson · ~13 km
• Iehl Dam · lake · Dawson · ~15 km
• Newton Number 1 Dam · lake · Dawson · ~15 km
• Brain Dam · lake · Dawson · ~17 km
• Pettersen Number 1 Dam · lake · Dawson · ~19 km
• Downy Dam · lake · Dawson · ~20 km
• Cottonwood Country Club Dam · lake · Dawson · ~20 km
• Quaker Dam · lake · Dawson · ~20 km
• Tillman Number 1 Dam · lake · Dawson · ~23 km
• Glendive Sewage Disposal Ponds Dam · lake · Dawson · ~23 km
• Malkuch Reservoir · lake · Dawson · ~24 km
• Guelff Dam · lake · Dawson · ~24 km
• Makoshika Dinosaur Museum · museum · Dawson · ~25 km
• Timber Dam · lake · Dawson · ~26 km
• Deer Creek Dam · lake · Dawson · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Plum Coulee

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• Cooks Peak · viewpoint · Golden Valley · ~103 km
• Camels Hump Butte · viewpoint · Golden Valley · ~106 km
• East Twin Butte · viewpoint · Golden Valley · ~107 km
• Mile Butte · viewpoint · McKenzie · ~110 km
• Eagle Butte · viewpoint · McKenzie · ~111 km
• Five Point Butte · viewpoint · Golden Valley · ~112 km
• Buckhorn Butte · viewpoint · Billings · ~112 km

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