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Bayard Chimney Rock Museum

Bayard Chimney Rock Museum from directly overhead

Bayard Chimney Rock Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,144 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,545 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayard Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1144 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.75211, -103.32466
Around it

93 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Camp Clarke Bridge and Sidney - Black Hills Trail Historical Marker: 9.8 mi
  • Melbeta Community Park: 10.1 mi
  • North Platte National Wildlife Refuge: 15.5 mi
  • Rebecca Winters Memorial Park: 16.3 mi
  • Lacy Park: 16.6 mi
Peaks: 29
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone Fire Ring: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Scotts Spring: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hogback MountainWSW 254°1,545 m21.9 mi
Table Top MountainSW 225°1,465 m20.4 mi
Lone Pine ButteSSW 205°1,464 m23.4 mi
Bighorn MountainSW 216°1,411 m18.1 mi
Bead MountainW 266°1,405 m14.7 mi
Wildcat MountainWSW 253°1,404 m20.9 mi
Scotts BluffWNW 287°1,370 m20.2 mi
Coyote RockWSW 258°1,362 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4216:26

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283241495969767364503828
Precip in0.40.50.92.23.32.92.42.11.71.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366492116

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