Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap rises to 1,097 m in Nebraska. Barrel Butte stands 1,273 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Evening Star Butte, a peak 3.4 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 3.7 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,097 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
41 named places within 25 miles
- Evening Star Butte: 3.4 mi
- Isinglass Buttes: 8.3 mi
- Bomar Hill: 10.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Butte: 13.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 13.5 mi
- Finnegan Park: 8.2 mi
- War Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Amphitheatre: 8.6 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 8.7 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 5.1 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 8.8 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
- Heritage Center II: 13.0 mi
- Heritage Center I: 13.0 mi
- Beaver Wall: 7.1 mi
- C-Hill: 8.9 mi
- Red Cloud Heritage Center: 20.5 mi
- Wayside: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrel Butte | WSW 240° | 1,273 m | 24.6 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | SW 235° | 1,255 m | 13.8 mi |
| Lookout Point | SW 231° | 1,241 m | 13.5 mi |
| Chimney Butte | SW 234° | 1,241 m | 22.2 mi |
| Coffee Mill Butte | SW 227° | 1,235 m | 17.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | ENE 72° | 1,203 m | 18.8 mi |
| Flag Butte | SW 235° | 1,187 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bomar Hill | E 80° | 1,179 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357758499
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