Ponderosa State Special Use Area
Ponderosa State Special Use Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,299 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the south-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Crown Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1299 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- Butte Country Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Finnegan Park: 6.1 mi
- The Death of Baptiste Garnier Historical Marker: 6.2 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 6.3 mi
- Crawford City Park: 6.4 mi
- Crown Butte: 0.8 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 1.6 mi
- Crow Butte: 1.9 mi
- Barrel Butte: 2.8 mi
- First Woman Mound: 4.6 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 8.4 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 8.4 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 8.4 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 17.4 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 16.5 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 6.1 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 19.6 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- C-Hill: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ponderosa State Special Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SSE 152° | 1,420 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pine Butte | NW 309° | 1,366 m | 19.1 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 310° | 1,346 m | 18.6 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | WNW 287° | 1,308 m | 8.6 mi |
| Crown Butte | N 353° | 1,288 m | 0.8 mi |
| Crow Butte | NW 310° | 1,287 m | 1.9 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WNW 288° | 1,285 m | 8.1 mi |
| Barrel Butte | ENE 75° | 1,273 m | 2.8 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 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| 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, 8 mi away.
- Black-capped Chickadee4 obs
- Great Plains yucca3 obs
- wild bergamot3 obs
- large-flowered beardtongue3 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch2 obs
- Great Crested Flycatcher2 obs
- Tall Tumblemustard2 obs
- Cheatgrass2 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/357768058
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