First Woman Mound
First Woman Mound rises to 1,420 m in Nebraska. Pine Butte stands 1,366 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is West Ash Creek Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.7 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
summit in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States of America
Wikidata Q34910371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1420 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
77 named places within 25 miles
- Ponderosa State Special Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 7.2 mi
- Butte Country Historical Marker: 9.6 mi
- Finnegan Park: 10.0 mi
- The Death of Baptiste Garnier Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- Barrel Butte: 4.8 mi
- Crown Butte: 5.3 mi
- Chimney Butte: 5.7 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 6.0 mi
- Crow Butte: 6.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 11.7 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 11.7 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 11.7 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 9.7 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 16.8 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 10.1 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Belmont: 5.7 mi
- C-Hill: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Woman Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Butte | NW 314° | 1,366 m | 23.3 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 314° | 1,346 m | 22.9 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | WNW 302° | 1,308 m | 12.3 mi |
| Crown Butte | NNW 335° | 1,288 m | 5.3 mi |
| Crow Butte | NW 326° | 1,287 m | 6.4 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WNW 303° | 1,285 m | 11.8 mi |
| Barrel Butte | N 7° | 1,273 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | NW 305° | 1,270 m | 11.7 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 | 07:21 | 15:38 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 835678 — First Woman Mound, Dawes County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357765115
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