Rattlesnake Peak
Rattlesnake Peak rises to 1,203 m in Nebraska. Bomar Hill stands 1,179 m to the west-southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Maria, a peak 2.7 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 13 miles off. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34900909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,203 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
26 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Maria: 2.7 mi
- Bomar Hill: 9.1 mi
- Hubbard Butte: 9.5 mi
- Evening Star Butte: 15.6 mi
- Lone Butte: 18.7 mi
- Three Moccasin Park: 7.2 mi
- Modisett Park: 14.5 mi
- Wayland Park: 15.9 mi
- Winship Park: 16.0 mi
- Walgren Lake State Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Sheridan County Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Scamahorn Museum: 16.0 mi
- The Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum: 16.0 mi
- Heritage Center II: 19.8 mi
- Heritage Center I: 19.9 mi
- Red Cloud Heritage Center: 11.8 mi
- AH-1 Cobra Helicopter: 16.5 mi
- Wounded Knee Massacre Site: 15.9 mi
- Wounded Knee cemetery: 16.0 mi
- Beaver Wall: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomar Hill | WSW 242° | 1,179 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hubbard Butte | WNW 296° | 1,152 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Maria | S 171° | 1,148 m | 2.7 mi |
| Evening Star Butte | WSW 248° | 1,118 m | 15.6 mi |
| Porcupine Butte | NNE 24° | 1,117 m | 19.2 mi |
| Lone Butte | SSE 148° | 1,115 m | 18.7 mi |
| Lovers Leap | WSW 252° | 1,097 m | 18.8 mi |
| Isinglass Buttes | W 269° | 1,037 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Ridge AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357761308
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