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. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34928152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,215 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
40 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Meline Park: 18.7 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
- Cabelas Wildlife Display: 21.6 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 |
| 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 |
| Barn Butte | NE 45° | 1,093 m | 17.5 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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