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Scamahorn Museum

Scamahorn Museum from directly overhead

Scamahorn Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,084 m. Rattlesnake Peak stands 1,203 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wayland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 18 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1084 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.80865, -102.20553

18 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
Peaks: 5
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Wounded Knee Massacre Site: 24.3 mi
  • Wounded Knee cemetery: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • AH-1 Cobra Helicopter: 0.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake PeakWNW 301°1,203 m16.0 mi
Bomar HillW 280°1,179 m22.2 mi
Mount MariaWNW 292°1,148 m14.4 mi
Lone ButteSSW 206°1,115 m8.5 mi
Rock HillSE 133°1,083 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635445465727161473425
Precip in0.50.61.22.23.23.92.51.81.71.60.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gordon 6N, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366492134

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