Saddle Rock
Saddle Rock rises to 1,229 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovers Leap Butte, a peak 0.5 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34902819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,229 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
67 named places within 25 miles
- Lovers Leap Butte: 0.5 mi
- Giants Coffins Butte: 0.6 mi
- Red Cloud Buttes: 1.1 mi
- Crow Butte: 5.7 mi
- Little Crow Butte: 6.0 mi
- Crawford City Park: 1.1 mi
- Finnegan Park: 1.5 mi
- Fort Robinson Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Cochran State Wayside Area: 6.5 mi
- Peterson State Special Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 1.6 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 1.7 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 1.8 mi
- Sioux County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 1.5 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 12.8 mi
- Daemonilix: 24.8 mi
- Split Daemonilix: 24.8 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
- Fort Laramie - Fort Robinson Trail Historical Marker: 21.0 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 22.5 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- C-Hill: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saddle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | WNW 282° | 1,449 m | 19.2 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SE 125° | 1,420 m | 11.2 mi |
| Carnegie Hill | SW 218° | 1,367 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pine Butte | NW 321° | 1,366 m | 12.4 mi |
| University Hill | SW 218° | 1,359 m | 23.5 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 323° | 1,346 m | 12.0 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | W 278° | 1,308 m | 1.1 mi |
| Crown Butte | ESE 103° | 1,288 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Robinson, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357765102
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