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Cherry County Historical Society Museum

Cherry County Historical Society Museum from directly overhead

Cherry County Historical Society Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 788 m. Rustlers Roost stands 915 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Valentine Trailhead Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway runs past it. 24 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: Yes
Seasonal: Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.86817, -100.55087

On the Bridges to Buttes Byway
0.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail

Around it

24 named places within 25 miles

Parks11

Valentine Trailhead Park: 0.2 mi
Colburn Park: 0.5 mi
Ecology Park: 0.9 mi
Valentine City Park: 1.3 mi
Bryan Bridge Historical Marker: 2.8 mi

Nature reserves7

Borman Bridge State Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Valentine State Fish Hatchery: 2.2 mi
Schlagel Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
Big Alkali State Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
Ballards Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi

Peaks3

Frederick Peak: 2.5 mi
Rustlers Roost: 12.8 mi
Flattop: 14.8 mi

Waterfalls2

Smith Falls: 12.0 mi
Snake River Falls: 20.4 mi

Museums1

Sandhills Museum: 0.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Rustlers Roost	SW 222°	915 m	12.8 mi
Frederick Peak	NE 38°	813 m	2.5 mi
Flattop	ENE 61°	807 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:46	19:17	19:55
June solstice	06:04	20:42	21:25
September equinox	07:30	19:04	19:41
December solstice	08:11	16:25	17:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	24	27	38	47	58	69	76	74	64	49	36	26
Precip in	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.4	3.6	4.0	2.8	2.2	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/445220464

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