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Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker

Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker from directly overhead

Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker is a historic site in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,098 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Chadron State Park Historical Marker, a park 2.1 miles away. Gold Rush Byway runs past it. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

About

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34920225, matched on coordinates and name (917 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1098 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.74822, -103.00626
Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Chadron State Park Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
  • Cliffs Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Amphitheatre: 5.0 mi
  • Dean's Green: 5.0 mi
  • War Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Peaks: 24
Museums: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • C-Hill: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
First Woman MoundSW 230°1,420 m16.8 mi
Red Cloud ButtesW 260°1,308 m23.6 mi
Crown ButteWSW 249°1,288 m16.2 mi
Crow ButteWSW 252°1,287 m17.4 mi
Giants Coffins ButteW 259°1,285 m23.1 mi
Barrel ButteWSW 244°1,273 m13.7 mi
Lovers Leap ButteW 260°1,270 m22.9 mi
Flannigan ButteWSW 237°1,255 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1519:5120:35
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:2015:3616:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252837455666747262483626
Precip in0.60.61.32.23.03.21.91.71.51.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357777704

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