Peterson State Special Use Area
Peterson State Special Use Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,323 m. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Robinson Wildlife Area, a park 2.7 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 1.2 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1323 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
72 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- The Cheyenne Outbreak Historical Marker: 4.3 mi
- Brick Barracks Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson Historical Marker: 5.3 mi
- Adobe Officers Quarters Historical Marker: 5.3 mi
- Red Cloud Buttes: 6.0 mi
- Giants Coffins Butte: 6.5 mi
- Lovers Leap Butte: 6.8 mi
- Saddle Rock: 7.0 mi
- Crow Butte: 12.0 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 5.3 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 5.4 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 5.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Sioux County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 8.4 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 13.1 mi
- Daemonilix: 18.4 mi
- Split Daemonilix: 18.4 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 8.4 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 14.2 mi
- Coffee Siding Historical Marker: 23.9 mi
- Belmont: 12.3 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peterson State Special Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WNW 299° | 1,449 m | 14.3 mi |
| First Woman Mound | ESE 102° | 1,420 m | 15.9 mi |
| Carnegie Hill | SSW 208° | 1,367 m | 17.6 mi |
| Pine Butte | N 353° | 1,366 m | 12.8 mi |
| University Hill | SSW 208° | 1,359 m | 17.5 mi |
| Roundtop | N 356° | 1,346 m | 12.7 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | ENE 58° | 1,308 m | 6.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | E 84° | 1,288 m | 13.3 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 | 15:39 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Dusted Skipper3 obs
- Glacial Lady Beetle3 obs
- Pronghorn2 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle2 obs
- American Bumble Bee2 obs
- Big Sand Tiger Beetle2 obs
- Silky Milkvetch2 obs
- Sand Reedgrass2 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/357765081
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