Evening Star Butte
Evening Star Butte rises to 1,118 m in Nebraska. Flannigan Butte stands 1,255 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovers Leap, a peak 3.4 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34910477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,118 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
38 named places within 25 miles
- Lovers Leap: 3.4 mi
- Bomar Hill: 6.6 mi
- Isinglass Buttes: 11.1 mi
- Hubbard Butte: 11.5 mi
- Mount Maria: 15.2 mi
- Finnegan Park: 11.6 mi
- War Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Amphitheatre: 12.0 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 12.0 mi
- Cliffs Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 8.5 mi
- Heritage Center II: 11.5 mi
- Heritage Center I: 11.6 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 12.2 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Beaver Wall: 4.3 mi
- C-Hill: 12.3 mi
- Red Cloud Heritage Center: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Evening Star Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flannigan Butte | WSW 241° | 1,255 m | 16.8 mi |
| Lookout Point | WSW 238° | 1,241 m | 16.4 mi |
| Coffee Mill Butte | SW 234° | 1,235 m | 19.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | ENE 68° | 1,203 m | 15.6 mi |
| Flag Butte | WSW 241° | 1,187 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bomar Hill | ENE 76° | 1,179 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | WSW 247° | 1,179 m | 16.3 mi |
| Hubbard Butte | NNE 31° | 1,152 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAY Springs, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357763201
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