Whitney Inlet State Wildlife Management Area
Whitney Inlet State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,064 m. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Butte Country Historical Marker, a park 5.0 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 3.6 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
87 named places within 25 miles
- Butte Country Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- The Death of Baptiste Garnier Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Crawford City Park: 8.3 mi
- Crawford City Park: 8.4 mi
- Finnegan Park: 8.5 mi
- Benedict Buttes: 7.4 mi
- Crow Butte: 8.2 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 8.4 mi
- Crown Butte: 8.7 mi
- Trunk Butte: 8.9 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 10.8 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 10.9 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 11.0 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 15.5 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 8.2 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 14.4 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 16.3 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- C-Hill: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitney Inlet State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | W 263° | 1,449 m | 24.9 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SSE 166° | 1,420 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pine Butte | W 281° | 1,366 m | 13.9 mi |
| Roundtop | W 281° | 1,346 m | 13.4 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | SW 226° | 1,308 m | 9.9 mi |
| Crown Butte | S 173° | 1,288 m | 8.7 mi |
| Crow Butte | S 183° | 1,287 m | 8.2 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | SW 223° | 1,285 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:37 | 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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Robinson, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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