Lookout Mountain
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
- 3.8 mi off the Heritage Highway
30 named places within 25 miles
- Limestone Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Macon Lakes Federal Waterfowl Protection Area: 10.8 mi
- Narrows State Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
- Ritterbush Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 16.8 mi
- 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
- Franklin County Museum: 4.9 mi
- Webster County Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
- Burlington Depot: 20.4 mi
- Willa Cather House: 20.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 18.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 19.8 mi
- The Island: 23.5 mi
- Franklin County Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States: 22.7 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SW 223° | 629 m | 18.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 270° | 627 m | 19.8 mi |
| The Island | E 92° | 537 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:28 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:31 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
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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