- Elevation, modelled
- 1,119 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Haystack Butte1,271 m · 23.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Rush Bywayon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 41.0834, -102.4667
Pony Express Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled 1,119 m. Haystack Butte stands 1,271 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker, a park 0.5 miles away. Gold Rush Byway runs past it. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pony Express Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Butte | WSW 246° | 1,271 m | 23.5 mi |
| Marks Butte | S 187° | 1,242 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Vernon | NW 324° | 1,215 m | 6.9 mi |
| Flat Top | SW 231° | 1,207 m | 14.8 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SW 233° | 1,178 m | 20.1 mi |
| McCuligan Butte | NNE 14° | 1,133 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | N 5° | 1,113 m | 21.3 mi |
| Windlass Hill | NE 56° | 1,104 m | 22.0 mi |
- On the Gold Rush Byway
- 0.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic BywayNational
- 22.1 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
53 named places within 25 miles
- Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker: 0.5 mi
- Deuel County Fairgrounds: 1.4 mi
- Lodgepole and the Union Pacific Railroad Historical Marker: 10.0 mi
- Sedgwick Bar State Game Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Meline Park: 12.2 mi
- Mount Vernon: 6.9 mi
- Flat Top: 14.8 mi
- Marks Butte: 18.6 mi
- Barn Butte: 19.7 mi
- Twin Buttes: 20.1 mi
- Lodgepole Depot Museum: 9.9 mi
- Julesburg Depot Museum: 12.6 mi
- The Fort Sedgwick Museum: 12.6 mi
- Old Ford Garage: 12.6 mi
- Garden County Museum: 23.2 mi
- B24 crash memorial graves: 1.6 mi
- Pony Express historical trail marker: 13.8 mi
- Colorado Northeast Corner: 22.3 mi
- Eagles Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Signal Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Coumbe Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Pony Express: 13.8 mi
- Swept Away: 13.8 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Julesburg: 13.8 mi
- Sidney Rest Area Westbound: 23.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:45 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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.
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