Veterans Park
Veterans Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,181 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,545 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is East Overland Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1181 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Historic Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
99 named places within 25 miles
- East Overland Park: 0.3 mi
- Neighbor Park: 0.4 mi
- Bea Lovell Park: 0.7 mi
- Platte Valley Bank Park: 0.9 mi
- Constitution Park: 1.0 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.8 mi
- Dome Rock: 3.9 mi
- Sentinel Rock: 4.0 mi
- Crown Rock: 4.1 mi
- Western Nebraska Mexican American Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
- North Platte Valley Museum: 2.8 mi
- Legacy of the Plains Museum: 3.2 mi
- Bayard Chimney Rock Museum: 17.9 mi
- Bayard Depot Museum: 17.9 mi
- Rebecca Winters Gravesite: 1.6 mi
- Union Pacific Steam Powered Locomotive: 1.9 mi
- Scott's Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Fort Mitchell: 4.4 mi
- Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 3.1 mi
- Scotts Spring: 3.2 mi
- Stone Fire Ring: 10.1 mi
- Ashford: 14.9 mi
- Eagle Nest: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,545 m | 13.9 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | SSW 193° | 1,500 m | 23.6 mi |
| The Culp | WSW 247° | 1,495 m | 24.9 mi |
| Table Top Mountain | S 174° | 1,465 m | 21.7 mi |
| Double Hump | WSW 248° | 1,462 m | 22.9 mi |
| The Hat | NNW 344° | 1,417 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bighorn Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,411 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bead Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,405 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsbluff 1E, under a mile away.
- Bald Eagle14 obs
- Western Honey Bee12 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Common Grackle10 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove9 obs
- Rock Pigeon9 obs
- House Sparrow9 obs
- European Starling9 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 way/317833774
Day trips start here
- Scottsbluff · 1 mi
- Gering · 2 mi
- Scotts Bluff National Monument · 4 mi
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