Cottonwood Hill
Cottonwood Hill rises to 468 m in Nebraska. Boy Scout Hill stands 430 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Martinsburg Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 9.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34866418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 468 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 20.2 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bobsled Run · 21 mi
- Gobbler Point · 21 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 21 mi
- Kestrel Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martinsburg Park: 3.0 mi
- Tarbox Hollow Living Prairie: 3.7 mi
- Historical Tree Grove: 5.0 mi
- Central Park: 7.8 mi
- Mattison Park: 10.6 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 4.1 mi
- Graves Library Museum: 14.1 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 17.4 mi
- Wayne County Museum: 18.2 mi
- The Railroad Museum: 20.2 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Thompson-Barnes State Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Edgewater Park: 19.5 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
- Train Caboose: 17.8 mi
- Theophile Bruguier Monument: 21.1 mi
- Chief War Eagle Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 22.6 mi
- Towers of Time: 11.4 mi
- Harp: 15.0 mi
- William Shakespeare: 21.7 mi
- W. O. "Doc" Farber: 21.7 mi
- Brenna: 21.8 mi
- Lookout Hill: 11.8 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 13.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 14.1 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 14.8 mi
- Volcano Hill: 15.0 mi
- HyVee Garden: 21.5 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 21.7 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Stevens: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scout Hill | NNE 12° | 430 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | N 2° | 429 m | 14.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | N 10° | 426 m | 14.1 mi |
| Lookout Hill | NE 42° | 411 m | 11.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 5° | 395 m | 15.4 mi |
| Dakota Point | ENE 74° | 394 m | 20.9 mi |
| Volcano Hill | N 8° | 382 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:13 | 16:58 |
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 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 828387 — Cottonwood Hill, Dixon County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357753840
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- Sioux City · 24 mi
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