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Finnegan Park

Finnegan Park from directly overhead

Finnegan Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,121 m. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Crawford Historical Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1121 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.68297, -103.41268
Around it

89 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • The Death of Baptiste Garnier Historical Marker: 0.3 mi
  • Crawford City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crawford City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Officers Row Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
  • K-9 Training Area Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 31
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • C-Hill: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pants ButteWNW 281°1,449 m20.6 mi
First Woman MoundSE 129°1,420 m10.0 mi
Carnegie HillSW 221°1,367 m24.4 mi
Pine ButteNW 317°1,366 m13.4 mi
University HillSW 221°1,359 m24.3 mi
RoundtopNW 318°1,346 m13.0 mi
Red Cloud ButtesW 276°1,308 m2.6 mi
Crown ButteESE 105°1,288 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5320:36
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2115:3816:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262838465566747362473527

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Robinson, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • great mullein6 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle4 obs
  • Glacial Lady Beetle4 obs
  • Western Meadowlark3 obs
  • Scarlet Globemallow3 obs
  • Parenthesis Lady Beetle3 obs
  • large-flowered beardtongue3 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357777655

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