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Maidens Leap

Maidens Leap, seen from above at true elevation

Maidens Leap rises to 394 m in Nebraska. Council Hill stands 567 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Outlaw Trail runs past it. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34926753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
394 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.75583, -97.94868

54 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
Nature reserves: 6
Museums: 2
Peaks: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Pebble Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Hobie Cat Beach: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Yankton Sioux Monument: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Council HillS 185°567 m23.0 mi
Stony ButteWSW 244°515 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5420:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1617:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242839516272767466533827
Precip in0.40.71.43.03.23.82.73.02.72.10.90.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niobrara, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 831004 — Maidens Leap, Knox County, Nebraska.

OpenStreetMap element node/357758609

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