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East Pawnee Butte

East Pawnee Butte, seen from above at true elevation

East Pawnee Butte rises to 1,573 m in Colorado. Panorama Point stands 1,655 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is West Pawnee Butte, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 25 miles off. 15 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

The story

buttes in Colorado, United States of America

Wikidata Q7156288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1573 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82358, -103.96904

15 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 4
  • West Pawnee Butte: 0.5 mi
  • Panorama Point: 13.1 mi
  • Seven Cross Hill: 19.9 mi
  • Dipper Hill: 22.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • Grover Depot Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Briggsdale Heritage House: 22.9 mi
  • Lee & Dorothy Rhoads Farm Implement Museum: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Tri-State Monument: 13.1 mi
  • Early Colorado Homesite: 22.0 mi
Parks: 2
  • Centennial Park: 16.1 mi
  • Northeast Weld County Fair and Rodeo: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Pawnee Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Panorama PointNNW 346°1,655 m13.1 mi
Seven Cross HillWSW 237°1,537 m19.9 mi
Dipper HillENE 75°1,408 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4816:32

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937445465726961473627
Precip in0.30.40.91.92.82.42.42.11.51.30.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Raymer 21 N, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 171153 — Pawnee Buttes, Weld County, Colorado.

OpenStreetMap element node/358907257

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