Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon rises to 1,215 m in Nebraska. Haystack Butte stands 1,271 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lodgepole Depot Museum, a museum 4.8 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34928152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1215 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 2.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
55 named places within 25 miles
- Lodgepole and the Union Pacific Railroad Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Deuel County Fairgrounds: 5.5 mi
- Pony Express Nine Mile Station Marker: 6.7 mi
- Pony Express Park: 6.9 mi
- Sedgwick Bar State Game Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Flat Top: 16.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 16.9 mi
- McCuligan Butte: 16.9 mi
- Barn Butte: 17.5 mi
- Twin Buttes: 21.3 mi
- Lodgepole Depot Museum: 4.8 mi
- Julesburg Depot Museum: 19.1 mi
- The Fort Sedgwick Museum: 19.1 mi
- Old Ford Garage: 19.1 mi
- Garden County Museum: 19.8 mi
- Eagles Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Coumbe Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Signal Bluff: 20.4 mi
- B24 crash memorial graves: 8.5 mi
- Pony Express historical trail marker: 20.5 mi
- Sidney Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Julesburg: 20.5 mi
- Pony Express: 20.5 mi
- Swept Away: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Vernon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haystack Butte | SW 229° | 1,271 m | 23.0 mi |
| Marks Butte | S 175° | 1,242 m | 24.1 mi |
| Flat Top | SSW 207° | 1,207 m | 16.5 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SW 214° | 1,178 m | 21.3 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NE 43° | 1,176 m | 24.6 mi |
| McCuligan Butte | NNE 33° | 1,133 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | NNE 21° | 1,113 m | 16.9 mi |
| Windlass Hill | ENE 73° | 1,104 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 63 | 49 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357764148
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