Fort Robinson Wildlife Area
Fort Robinson Wildlife Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,366 m. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterson State Special Use Area, a park 2.7 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1366 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
74 named places within 25 miles
- Peterson State Special Use Area: 2.7 mi
- The Cheyenne Outbreak Historical Marker: 3.7 mi
- Brick Barracks Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
- Adobe Officers Quarters Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Red Cloud Buttes: 4.4 mi
- Giants Coffins Butte: 4.9 mi
- Lovers Leap Butte: 5.2 mi
- Saddle Rock: 5.5 mi
- Benedict Buttes: 10.2 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 4.3 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 4.3 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 4.3 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
- Sioux County Museum: 16.9 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 7.0 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 10.7 mi
- Daemonilix: 20.9 mi
- Split Daemonilix: 21.0 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 7.2 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 15.8 mi
- Coffee Siding Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Robinson Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WNW 288° | 1,449 m | 14.0 mi |
| First Woman Mound | ESE 112° | 1,420 m | 15.9 mi |
| Carnegie Hill | SSW 207° | 1,367 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pine Butte | NNW 348° | 1,366 m | 10.3 mi |
| University Hill | SSW 207° | 1,359 m | 20.2 mi |
| Roundtop | N 350° | 1,346 m | 10.2 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | E 83° | 1,308 m | 4.4 mi |
| Crown Butte | E 95° | 1,288 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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, 5 mi away.
- Ebony Jewelwing7 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad6 obs
- Great Plains yucca5 obs
- large-flowered beardtongue5 obs
- Gopher Snake4 obs
- great mullein4 obs
- hoary vervain4 obs
- Manystem Pea4 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/357765017
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