Chimney Butte
Chimney Butte rises to 1,241 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Barrel Butte, a peak 3.2 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35734363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,241 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Barrel Butte: 3.2 mi
- Coffee Mill Butte: 5.7 mi
- First Woman Mound: 5.7 mi
- Crown Butte: 6.0 mi
- Flag Butte: 6.3 mi
- Ponderosa State Special Use Area: 5.9 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 11.7 mi
- Finnegan Park: 11.7 mi
- Crawford City Park: 12.1 mi
- Cliffs Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 14.3 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 14.3 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 14.3 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 11.2 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 11.7 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 24.3 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- C-Hill: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chimney Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 222° | 1,420 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pine Butte | WNW 300° | 1,366 m | 23.8 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 300° | 1,346 m | 23.4 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 279° | 1,308 m | 14.3 mi |
| Crown Butte | W 276° | 1,288 m | 6.0 mi |
| Crow Butte | W 278° | 1,287 m | 7.5 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | W 279° | 1,285 m | 13.8 mi |
| Barrel Butte | W 280° | 1,273 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357764984
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