Rattlesnake Butte
Rattlesnake Butte rises to 1,179 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flannigan Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34900681, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,179 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Flannigan Butte: 1.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.5 mi
- Flag Butte: 3.1 mi
- Coffee Mill Butte: 5.3 mi
- Trunk Butte: 5.4 mi
- Wilson Park: 5.7 mi
- Dean's Green: 5.7 mi
- Amphitheatre: 5.7 mi
- War Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 6.1 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 5.6 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 8.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Heritage Center I: 19.3 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 18.3 mi
- C-Hill: 5.4 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Beaver Wall: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 223° | 1,420 m | 14.9 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | WSW 258° | 1,308 m | 21.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | WSW 244° | 1,288 m | 13.8 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 248° | 1,287 m | 14.9 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WSW 258° | 1,285 m | 20.5 mi |
| Barrel Butte | WSW 238° | 1,273 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | WSW 258° | 1,270 m | 20.2 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | S 170° | 1,255 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357765089
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