Antioch Potash Boom-Town Historical Marker
Antioch Potash Boom-Town Historical Marker is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,187 m. Morton Hill stands 1,305 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Antioch, a ghost town 0.6 miles away. Sandhills Journey runs past it. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1187 m
How to reach it
- On the Sandhills Journey, National
- 15.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
25 named places within 25 miles
- Bower Park: 13.8 mi
- Central Park South: 14.2 mi
- Central Park: 14.3 mi
- Central Park North: 14.3 mi
- Carhenge Park: 14.4 mi
- Box Butte: 17.3 mi
- Wild Horse Butte: 18.4 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 21.5 mi
- Morton Hill: 23.0 mi
- Lloyd Hill: 23.8 mi
- Knight Museum and Sandhills Center: 14.2 mi
- Sallows Military Museum: 14.3 mi
- The Fourd Seasons: 14.4 mi
- Carhenge: 14.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Antioch Potash Boom-Town Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Hill | NE 54° | 1,305 m | 23.0 mi |
| Cowboy Hill | WSW 240° | 1,293 m | 21.5 mi |
| Lloyd Hill | NE 50° | 1,286 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wild Horse Butte | NW 316° | 1,230 m | 18.4 mi |
| Box Butte | NNW 331° | 1,218 m | 17.3 mi |
| Old Lady Beam Hill | SSE 154° | 1,195 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 46 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alliance Muni AP Asos, 11 mi away.
- Black-necked Stilt13 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron9 obs
- Crimson Saltflat Tiger Beetle9 obs
- American Avocet6 obs
- showy prairie gentian5 obs
- White-faced Ibis4 obs
- American Coot3 obs
- Yellow-headed Blackbird3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357778655
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- Nebraska Panhandle · 21 mi
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