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Box Butte

Box Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.28885, -102.75853

24 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 14
Peaks: 2
Artworks: 2
  • The Fourd Seasons: 11.2 mi
  • Carhenge: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wild Horse ButteWSW 246°1,230 m4.9 mi
Box ButteNNE 30°1,171 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4920:32
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1815:3716:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837455567737262483527

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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