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North Platte Valley Museum

North Platte Valley Museum from directly overhead

North Platte Valley Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,193 m. Sixtysix Mountain stands 1,585 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oregon Trail Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1193 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.81747, -103.66124
Around it

103 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Peaks: 34
  • Dome Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Scotts Bluff: 2.4 mi
  • Crown Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Sentinel Rock: 2.8 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 1
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 1.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Scotts Spring: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone Fire Ring: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Platte Valley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sixtysix MountainWSW 250°1,585 m23.5 mi
Hogback MountainSSW 199°1,545 m11.1 mi
Lovers Leap ButteSSW 192°1,500 m20.9 mi
The CulpWSW 252°1,495 m23.2 mi
Devils ArmchairWSW 253°1,474 m24.5 mi
Table Top MountainS 171°1,465 m19.2 mi
Double HumpWSW 254°1,462 m21.2 mi
The HatN 349°1,417 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5220:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4316:28

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039475667747263493728
Precip in0.30.51.01.72.92.81.71.21.31.30.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsbluff 1E, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366492105

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