Roundtop
Roundtop rises to 1,346 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Butte, a peak 0.5 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 11 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sioux County, Nebraska, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34902117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,346 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Pine Butte: 0.5 mi
- Mike Kern Hills: 5.1 mi
- Square Hill: 5.3 mi
- Benedict Buttes: 6.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 6.6 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield Monument: 9.6 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield: 10.1 mi
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 10.2 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield: 10.2 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield Monument: 10.3 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 12.3 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 12.3 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 12.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Sioux County Museum: 17.9 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 1.0 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 12.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 20.7 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roundtop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WSW 244° | 1,449 m | 12.9 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SE 134° | 1,420 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pine Butte | W 274° | 1,366 m | 0.5 mi |
| Turner Peak | W 277° | 1,349 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | SSE 147° | 1,308 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crown Butte | SE 128° | 1,288 m | 18.1 mi |
| Crow Butte | SE 130° | 1,287 m | 16.7 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | SE 145° | 1,285 m | 11.6 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 835651 — Roundtop, Sioux County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357765097
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