Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam
Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam is a dam in Silver Bow County, Montana and has an elevation of 5,823 feet. Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam is situated nearby to the village Walkerville, as well as near the locality Elk Park Pass.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berkeley Pit and Butte–Anaconda Historic District.
Berkeley Pit
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The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile long by one-half mile wide, with an approximate maximum depth of 1,780 feet. Berkeley Pit is situated 1 mile south of Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam.
Butte–Anaconda Historic District
Protected area
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The Butte–Anaconda Historic District is a National Historic Landmark that spans parts of Walkerville, Butte and Anaconda, Montana, United States. It has the most resources of any U.S. National Historic Landmark District. Butte–Anaconda Historic District is situated 2 miles southwest of Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam.
Copper King Mansion
Museum
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The Copper King Mansion, also known as the W. A. Clark Mansion, is a 34-room residence of Romanesque Revival Victorian architecture that was built from 1884 to 1888 as the Butte, Montana, residence of William Andrews Clark, one of Montana's three famous Copper Kings. Copper King Mansion is situated 2 miles southwest of Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walkerville and Butte.
Walkerville
Village
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Walkerville is a town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, that is an enclave of the consolidated city-county of Butte. The population was 639 at the 2020 census.
Butte
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Butte is one of the major towns in Montana, with a population of 35,000. In its heyday between the late 19th century and about 1920, it was one of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district.
Elk Park Pass
Locality
Elk Park Pass, elevation 6,352 ft, is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, about 4 miles northeast of Butte. It is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by the Interstate, the others being Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass southwest of Butte. Elk Park Pass is situated 2½ miles east of Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam.
Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.02993° or 46° 1′ 48″ northLongitude
-112.50586° or 112° 30′ 21″ westElevation
5,823 feet (1,775 metres)Open location code
85R92FHV+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 357946710OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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- Cebuano: “Yankee Doodle Tailings Dam”
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