Flag Butte
Flag Butte rises to 1,187 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Flannigan Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34868864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1187 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Chadron State Park Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
- Cliffs Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- The Fort Pierre - Fort Laramie Trail Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
- Wilson Park: 8.8 mi
- Dean's Green: 8.9 mi
- Flannigan Butte: 2.1 mi
- Coffee Mill Butte: 2.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 3.1 mi
- Chimney Butte: 6.3 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 8.8 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 11.3 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 16.6 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 19.4 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 4.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 16.4 mi
- C-Hill: 8.5 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Wall: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flag Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 227° | 1,420 m | 11.9 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 265° | 1,308 m | 19.2 mi |
| Crown Butte | WSW 254° | 1,288 m | 11.5 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 257° | 1,287 m | 12.7 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | W 265° | 1,285 m | 18.6 mi |
| Barrel Butte | WSW 248° | 1,273 m | 8.8 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | W 266° | 1,270 m | 18.4 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | NE 56° | 1,255 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357765003
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