Flannigan Butte
Flannigan Butte rises to 1,255 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Point, a peak 1.0 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34868927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,255 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
55 named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Point: 1.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 1.7 mi
- Flag Butte: 2.1 mi
- Coffee Mill Butte: 3.8 mi
- Trunk Butte: 6.7 mi
- Cliffs Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Dean's Green: 7.1 mi
- Wilson Park: 7.1 mi
- Amphitheatre: 7.1 mi
- War Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 7.0 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 9.3 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Heritage Center I: 18.7 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 2.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
- C-Hill: 6.7 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Beaver Wall: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flannigan Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 229° | 1,420 m | 14.0 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 263° | 1,308 m | 21.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | WSW 251° | 1,288 m | 13.5 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 254° | 1,287 m | 14.7 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | W 262° | 1,285 m | 20.5 mi |
| Barrel Butte | WSW 246° | 1,273 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | W 263° | 1,270 m | 20.2 mi |
| Little Crow Butte | WSW 253° | 1,242 m | 14.5 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357765008
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