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Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Mountain rises to 624 m in Nebraska. Blue Mound stands 629 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 3.8 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Nebraska, United States of America

Wikidata Q34925802, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
624 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.04168, -98.90425

30 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 10
  • Franklin City Park: 4.8 mi
  • Cedar Run ATV Trail: 16.1 mi
  • Wagner Park: 19.1 mi
  • Willa Cather Memorial Prairie: 20.3 mi
  • Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker: 20.3 mi
Museums: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Blue Mound: 18.9 mi
  • Indian Hill: 19.8 mi
  • The Island: 23.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Starke Round Barn: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundSW 223°629 m18.9 mi
Indian HillW 270°627 m19.8 mi
The IslandE 92°537 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:48
June solstice06:0820:2821:09
September equinox07:2418:5919:34
December solstice07:5516:3117:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263040506172777466523929
Precip in0.60.81.42.54.43.93.93.21.82.11.00.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin #2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 830890 — Lookout Mountain, Franklin County, Nebraska.

OpenStreetMap element node/357758469

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