Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker
Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,125 m. Haystack Butte stands 1,271 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pony Express Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1125 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 22.5 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Pony Express Park: 0.5 mi
- Deuel County Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
- Lodgepole and the Union Pacific Railroad Historical Marker: 9.7 mi
- Sedgwick Bar State Game Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Meline Park: 12.5 mi
- Mount Vernon: 6.7 mi
- Flat Top: 14.3 mi
- Marks Butte: 18.4 mi
- Twin Buttes: 19.6 mi
- Barn Butte: 20.0 mi
- Lodgepole Depot Museum: 9.6 mi
- Julesburg Depot Museum: 12.8 mi
- The Fort Sedgwick Museum: 12.9 mi
- Old Ford Garage: 12.9 mi
- Garden County Museum: 23.5 mi
- B24 crash memorial graves: 1.8 mi
- Pony Express historical trail marker: 14.1 mi
- Colorado Northeast Corner: 22.7 mi
- Eagles Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Signal Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Coumbe Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Pony Express: 14.1 mi
- Swept Away: 14.1 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Julesburg: 14.1 mi
- Sidney Rest Area Westbound: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Butte | WSW 246° | 1,271 m | 23.0 mi |
| Marks Butte | S 185° | 1,242 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Vernon | NNW 327° | 1,215 m | 6.7 mi |
| Flat Top | SW 231° | 1,207 m | 14.3 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SW 232° | 1,178 m | 19.6 mi |
| McCuligan Butte | NNE 15° | 1,133 m | 20.7 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | N 6° | 1,113 m | 21.5 mi |
| Windlass Hill | ENE 56° | 1,104 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chappell, under a mile away.
- American Robin2 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood2 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs1 obs
- American White Pelican1 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Mallard1 obs
- Ring-necked Duck1 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/357778785
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