Chalk Buttes
Chalk Buttes rises to 1,405 m in Nebraska. Mount Edna stands 1,533 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Coyote Hill, a peak 7.1 miles away. Oregon Trail Historic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34865856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,405 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Oregon Trail Historic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Countryside Park: 11.4 mi
- Catipillar Park: 11.8 mi
- City Park: 11.9 mi
- Pioneer Park: 12.3 mi
- Goshen County Fair Grounds: 12.3 mi
- Coyote Hill: 7.1 mi
- Hill Windmill: 7.5 mi
- Indian River Hill: 8.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 11.9 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 12.0 mi
- Homesteaders Museum: 12.3 mi
- Lyman Huntley Henry Museum: 15.5 mi
- Western Nebraska Mexican American Historical Museum: 24.2 mi
- Grattan Massacre Historical Monument: 22.1 mi
- Fort Mitchell: 22.6 mi
- Scott's Memorial: 25.0 mi
- Torrington: 11.8 mi
- Dino: 23.8 mi
- The Narrows: 14.6 mi
- South Rim: 24.0 mi
- Split Daemonilix: 22.5 mi
- Daemonilix: 22.6 mi
- Torrington Community Garden: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalk Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Edna | NNE 28° | 1,533 m | 12.1 mi |
| Spoon Butte | NNW 340° | 1,525 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lone Sand Hill | NNW 346° | 1,480 m | 22.1 mi |
| The Hat | ESE 107° | 1,417 m | 13.2 mi |
| P-F Hill | WNW 285° | 1,409 m | 20.5 mi |
| Three Buttes | WSW 251° | 1,403 m | 20.7 mi |
| Signal Butte | S 171° | 1,396 m | 23.7 mi |
| Eagle Rock | NW 307° | 1,393 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrington Muni AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 828082 — Chalk Buttes, Sioux County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357753387
Day trips start here
- Scotts Bluff National Monument · 25 mi
- Scottsbluff · 25 mi
- Gering · 27 mi
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