Strawstack Butte
Strawstack Butte rises to 1,175 m in Nebraska. Pants Butte stands 1,449 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pete Smith Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 14 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34932096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1175 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
75 named places within 25 miles
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield Monument: 11.6 mi
- Cody-Yellowhand Battlefield: 12.6 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield: 12.6 mi
- Warbonnet Battlefield Monument: 12.6 mi
- Butte Country Historical Marker: 15.2 mi
- Pete Smith Hill: 1.4 mi
- Sugar Loaf Butte: 1.5 mi
- Twin Butte: 2.2 mi
- Square Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mike Kern Hills: 3.8 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 16.8 mi
- Fort Robinson History Center: 16.9 mi
- Trailside Museum of Natural History: 17.0 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 24.7 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 8.4 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 15.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 16.4 mi
- Cowboy Artwork: 22.3 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Strawstack Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pants Butte | SW 235° | 1,449 m | 20.5 mi |
| First Woman Mound | SSE 153° | 1,420 m | 24.8 mi |
| Pine Butte | SW 223° | 1,366 m | 8.4 mi |
| Roundtop | SW 221° | 1,346 m | 8.1 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | S 177° | 1,308 m | 15.6 mi |
| Crown Butte | SSE 153° | 1,288 m | 19.5 mi |
| Crow Butte | SSE 156° | 1,287 m | 18.4 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | S 175° | 1,285 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:37 | 16:23 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ardmore 1 NW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357765174
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