Pine Butte
Pine Butte rises to 1,366 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 0.5 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 11 miles off. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34892956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,366 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
51 named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop: 0.5 mi
- Mike Kern Hills: 5.5 mi
- Square Hill: 5.7 mi
- Benedict Buttes: 6.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 6.9 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield Monument: 9.2 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield: 9.7 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield: 9.8 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield Monument: 9.9 mi
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 10.3 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 12.5 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 12.5 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 12.7 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 13.2 mi
- Sioux County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 13.7 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Coffee Siding Historical Marker: 24.9 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 0.5 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 13.2 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WSW 243° | 1,449 m | 12.4 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SE 133° | 1,420 m | 23.3 mi |
| Turner Peak | W 277° | 1,349 m | 21.7 mi |
| Roundtop | E 94° | 1,346 m | 0.5 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | SE 145° | 1,308 m | 11.6 mi |
| Crown Butte | SE 127° | 1,288 m | 18.5 mi |
| Crow Butte | SE 129° | 1,287 m | 17.1 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | SE 143° | 1,285 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 28 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison 9NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 835759 — Pine Butte, Sioux County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357765166
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