Museum of the Fur Trade
Museum of the Fur Trade is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,038 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bordeaux Trading Post Historical Marker, a park 0.6 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway runs past it. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1038 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 4.5 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Lovers Leap: 5.1 mi
- Isinglass Buttes: 6.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 8.4 mi
- Evening Star Butte: 8.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 9.2 mi
- Bordeaux Trading Post Historical Marker: 0.6 mi
- Finnegan Park: 3.2 mi
- War Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Amphitheatre: 3.6 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 3.7 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Center II: 15.5 mi
- Heritage Center I: 15.5 mi
- C-Hill: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Wall: 12.1 mi
- Wayside: 19.4 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Red Cloud Heritage Center: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of the Fur Trade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 227° | 1,420 m | 23.2 mi |
| Crown Butte | WSW 240° | 1,288 m | 22.1 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 242° | 1,287 m | 23.1 mi |
| Barrel Butte | SW 235° | 1,273 m | 19.8 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | SW 223° | 1,255 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Crow Butte | WSW 242° | 1,242 m | 23.0 mi |
| Lookout Point | SW 217° | 1,241 m | 9.2 mi |
| Chimney Butte | SW 228° | 1,241 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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