Barrel Butte
Barrel Butte rises to 1,273 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the south, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is West Ash Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.1 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34809112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,273 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Crown Butte: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Butte: 3.2 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 4.0 mi
- Crow Butte: 4.3 mi
- First Woman Mound: 4.8 mi
- Ponderosa State Special Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Finnegan Park: 8.5 mi
- Crawford City Park: 8.8 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 9.0 mi
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 15.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 11.0 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 11.1 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 11.1 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 13.7 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 8.5 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 21.3 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- C-Hill: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barrel Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | S 187° | 1,420 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pine Butte | WNW 303° | 1,366 m | 20.8 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 304° | 1,346 m | 20.4 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 279° | 1,308 m | 11.1 mi |
| Crown Butte | W 271° | 1,288 m | 2.8 mi |
| Crow Butte | W 277° | 1,287 m | 4.3 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | W 279° | 1,285 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | W 281° | 1,270 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357764955
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