Knight Museum and Sandhills Center
Knight Museum and Sandhills Center is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,205 m. Reilly Hill stands 1,323 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Sandhills Journey passes 0.5 miles off. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1205 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
- 1.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
23 named places within 25 miles
- Central Park: 0.1 mi
- Central Park South: 0.1 mi
- Central Park North: 0.2 mi
- Sudman Field: 0.6 mi
- Bower Park: 0.6 mi
- Wild Horse Butte: 10.9 mi
- Box Butte: 14.0 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 14.0 mi
- Reilly Hill: 22.4 mi
- Carhenge: 2.7 mi
- The Fourd Seasons: 2.8 mi
- Sallows Military Museum: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Knight Museum and Sandhills Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Hill | SSW 191° | 1,323 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cowboy Hill | SSW 199° | 1,293 m | 14.0 mi |
| Wild Horse Butte | N 6° | 1,230 m | 10.9 mi |
| Box Butte | NNE 23° | 1,218 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alliance 1wnw, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366492099
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- Nebraska Panhandle · 10 mi
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