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Heritage Center II

Heritage Center II from directly overhead

Heritage Center II is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,170 m. Flannigan Butte stands 1,255 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Center I, a museum 0.1 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway runs past it. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1170 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68538, -102.68888
Around it

39 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Walgren Lake State Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Modisett Park: 11.4 mi
  • Cliffs Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Bordeaux Trading Post Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
  • Chadron State Park Historical Marker: 16.5 mi
Peaks: 15
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • C-Hill: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flannigan ButteW 279°1,255 m18.7 mi
Lookout PointW 277°1,241 m17.8 mi
Coffee Mill ButteW 268°1,235 m19.8 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 33°1,203 m19.8 mi
Flag ButteW 275°1,187 m20.3 mi
Bomar HillNNE 12°1,179 m12.7 mi
Rattlesnake ButteWNW 283°1,179 m19.3 mi
Box ButteSSE 168°1,171 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1419:5020:33
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1915:3516:21

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242737445465727061473426
Precip in0.50.50.81.92.93.02.11.91.41.30.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAY Springs, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366489723

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