Boy Scout Hill
Boy Scout Hill rises to 430 m in Nebraska. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 430 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 10.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bobsled Run · 19 mi
- Kestrel Point · 19 mi
- Gobbler Point · 19 mi
- Mount Lucia · 20 mi
130 named places within 25 miles
- Pfister Park: 3.3 mi
- Danish Alp State Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Ponca State Park: 6.1 mi
- Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Mulberry Bend Overlook: 7.9 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- Dick and Gertrude Havelaar: 17.7 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Theophile Bruguier Monument: 21.8 mi
- Chief War Eagle Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
- National Music Museum: 9.9 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 10.0 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 10.3 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve: 13.8 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 13.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 0.5 mi
- Volcano Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.5 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 6.9 mi
- HyVee Garden: 9.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 9.9 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boy Scout Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SSW 192° | 468 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | WNW 299° | 429 m | 2.7 mi |
| Indian Hill | NW 315° | 426 m | 0.5 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SE 133° | 411 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NW 318° | 395 m | 2.5 mi |
| Dakota Point | ESE 115° | 394 m | 18.9 mi |
| Spirit Mound | NNW 332° | 390 m | 16.1 mi |
| Volcano Hill | NW 326° | 382 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 827604 — Boy Scout Hill, Dixon County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357752713
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 24 mi
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