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Dino

Dino from directly overhead

Dino is an artwork in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,182 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,545 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway runs past it. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.86017, -103.63203
Around it

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Peaks: 29
  • Scotts Bluff: 3.8 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Dome Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Sentinel Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Crown Rock: 4.8 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 1
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 3.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Scotts Spring: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone Fire Ring: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dino. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainSSW 201°1,545 m14.4 mi
Lovers Leap ButteSSW 194°1,500 m24.1 mi
Table Top MountainS 176°1,465 m22.0 mi
Double HumpWSW 248°1,462 m23.6 mi
The HatNNW 342°1,417 m15.9 mi
Bighorn MountainSSE 167°1,411 m22.7 mi
Bead MountainS 172°1,405 m8.5 mi
Wildcat MountainSSW 197°1,404 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5220:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4216:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039475667747263493728
Precip in0.30.51.01.72.92.81.71.21.31.30.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsbluff 1E, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13309802468

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