Belmont
Belmont is a ghost town in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,374 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cochran State Wayside Area, a park 3.9 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 9.1 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
ghost town in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
46 named places within 25 miles
- First Woman Mound: 5.7 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 8.1 mi
- Crown Butte: 8.2 mi
- Crow Butte: 8.3 mi
- Barrel Butte: 9.5 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 3.9 mi
- Ponderosa State Special Use Area: 7.5 mi
- Finnegan Park: 9.6 mi
- Crawford City Park: 10.0 mi
- Peterson State Special Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 9.8 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 9.8 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 9.9 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 9.9 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 24.0 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 9.9 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 22.9 mi
- Split Daemonilix: 23.4 mi
- Daemonilix: 23.4 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 9.4 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 22.5 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 24.4 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | ENE 59° | 1,420 m | 5.7 mi |
| Carnegie Hill | WSW 244° | 1,367 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pine Butte | NNW 328° | 1,366 m | 22.5 mi |
| University Hill | WSW 244° | 1,359 m | 21.0 mi |
| Roundtop | NNW 329° | 1,346 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | NNW 330° | 1,308 m | 10.9 mi |
| Crown Butte | NNE 19° | 1,288 m | 8.2 mi |
| Crow Butte | N 9° | 1,287 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Robinson, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
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