Pumpkin Hill
Pumpkin Hill rises to 429 m in Nebraska. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nebraska, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34929553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 12.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bobsled Run · 22 mi
- Kestrel Point · 22 mi
- Gobbler Point · 22 mi
- Mount Lucia · 22 mi
89 named places within 25 miles
- Pfister Park: 2.6 mi
- Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Mulberry Bend Overlook: 5.2 mi
- Danish Alp State Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Ty Park: 6.2 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area: 13.0 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 14.2 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 15.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 0.9 mi
- Volcano Hill: 1.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 2.2 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 2.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 9.5 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Dick and Gertrude Havelaar: 16.8 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 21.3 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 7.5 mi
- National Music Museum: 7.5 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 8.0 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 18.7 mi
- HyVee Garden: 7.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 7.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pumpkin Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | S 182° | 468 m | 14.8 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | ESE 119° | 430 m | 2.7 mi |
| Indian Hill | ESE 115° | 426 m | 2.2 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SE 129° | 411 m | 9.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NE 50° | 395 m | 0.9 mi |
| Dakota Point | ESE 115° | 394 m | 21.6 mi |
| Spirit Mound | NNW 338° | 390 m | 14.0 mi |
| Volcano Hill | E 86° | 382 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357761255
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- Sioux City · 27 mi
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