Box Butte
Box Butte rises to 1,218 m in Nebraska. Wild Horse Butte stands 1,230 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. Gold Rush Byway passes 11 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35728982, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1218 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
- 27.3 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
24 named places within 25 miles
- Box Butte County Historical Marker: 6.5 mi
- Carhenge Park: 11.3 mi
- Laing Park: 13.4 mi
- Sudman Field: 13.6 mi
- Central Park North: 13.9 mi
- Wild Horse Butte: 4.9 mi
- Box Butte: 13.7 mi
- The Fourd Seasons: 11.2 mi
- Carhenge: 11.3 mi
- Sallows Military Museum: 13.9 mi
- Knight Museum and Sandhills Center: 14.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Box Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Horse Butte | WSW 246° | 1,230 m | 4.9 mi |
| Box Butte | NNE 30° | 1,171 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alliance 1wnw, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 827586 — Box Butte, Box Butte County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357752685
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- Nebraska Panhandle · 23 mi
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