Dawes County Historical Museum
Dawes County Historical Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,030 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is C-Hill, a artwork 1.8 miles away. Gold Rush Byway runs past it. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1030 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Gold Rush Byway
- 2.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Green: 2.1 mi
- Wilson Park: 2.1 mi
- Amphitheatre: 2.2 mi
- War Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 2.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 3.6 mi
- Flannigan Butte: 4.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 5.3 mi
- Trunk Butte: 6.6 mi
- Flag Butte: 6.7 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 2.1 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Center II: 18.3 mi
- Heritage Center I: 18.3 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 21.3 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 3.1 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 21.2 mi
- C-Hill: 1.8 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Beaver Wall: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dawes County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 221° | 1,420 m | 18.5 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | WSW 252° | 1,308 m | 23.7 mi |
| Crown Butte | WSW 238° | 1,288 m | 17.0 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 242° | 1,287 m | 18.0 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WSW 252° | 1,285 m | 23.2 mi |
| Barrel Butte | SW 232° | 1,273 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | WSW 252° | 1,270 m | 23.0 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | SSW 201° | 1,255 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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