Benedict Buttes
Benedict Buttes rises to 1,127 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mike Kern Hills, a peak 3.5 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34835100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1127 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
87 named places within 25 miles
- Crawford City Park: 8.9 mi
- Crawford City Park: 8.9 mi
- The Death of Baptiste Garnier Historical Marker: 9.1 mi
- Butte Country Historical Marker: 9.1 mi
- Finnegan Park: 9.3 mi
- Mike Kern Hills: 3.5 mi
- Square Hill: 4.2 mi
- Roundtop: 6.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 6.1 mi
- Pine Butte: 6.5 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 9.9 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 9.9 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 10.1 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 23.7 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 24.3 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 9.1 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- C-Hill: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Benedict Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WSW 254° | 1,449 m | 18.2 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SE 145° | 1,420 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pine Butte | W 277° | 1,366 m | 6.5 mi |
| Roundtop | W 278° | 1,346 m | 6.0 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | S 179° | 1,308 m | 8.7 mi |
| Crown Butte | SE 142° | 1,288 m | 13.3 mi |
| Crow Butte | SE 145° | 1,287 m | 12.1 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | S 176° | 1,285 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:53 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357764962
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