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The Sandhills Historical Marker

The Sandhills Historical Marker from directly overhead

The Sandhills Historical Marker is a historic site in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 871 m. Giant Hill stands 1,033 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Haumann Sisters: Lost in the Sandhills, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Sandhills Journey runs past it. 4 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49569994, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
871 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97944, -100.55820

4 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Giant HillNW 313°1,033 m20.4 mi
Signal HillSSE 147°922 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:55
June solstice06:0820:4021:22
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0816:2917:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252838475868747263493727

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purdum, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357779054

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