Crow Butte
Crow Butte rises to 1,287 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crow Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34866718, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,287 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Little Crow Butte: 0.4 mi
- Crown Butte: 1.5 mi
- Barrel Butte: 4.3 mi
- Saddle Rock: 5.7 mi
- Lovers Leap Butte: 6.2 mi
- Ponderosa State Special Use Area: 1.9 mi
- Finnegan Park: 4.3 mi
- Crawford City Park: 4.6 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 6.2 mi
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 6.8 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 6.9 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 6.9 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 18.0 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 17.4 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 4.3 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 17.6 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- C-Hill: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crow Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WNW 282° | 1,449 m | 24.9 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SE 146° | 1,420 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pine Butte | NW 309° | 1,366 m | 17.1 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 310° | 1,346 m | 16.7 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 281° | 1,308 m | 6.8 mi |
| Crown Butte | ESE 108° | 1,288 m | 1.5 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | W 281° | 1,285 m | 6.3 mi |
| Barrel Butte | E 97° | 1,273 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Robinson, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357753988
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