Trunk Butte
Trunk Butte rises to 1,075 m in Nebraska. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Butte, a peak 5.4 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34814357, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,075 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 5.4 mi
- Flag Butte: 6.6 mi
- Flannigan Butte: 6.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 7.7 mi
- Coffee Mill Butte: 9.0 mi
- Wilson Park: 7.5 mi
- Dean's Green: 7.7 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 7.8 mi
- Amphitheatre: 7.8 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 8.0 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 7.6 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 11.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Fort Robinson State Park Museum: 18.2 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 7.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 15.2 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 23.1 mi
- C-Hill: 7.6 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Beaver Wall: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trunk Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SSW 202° | 1,420 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pine Butte | W 276° | 1,366 m | 22.6 mi |
| Roundtop | W 276° | 1,346 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Cloud Buttes | WSW 245° | 1,308 m | 17.6 mi |
| Crown Butte | SW 221° | 1,288 m | 12.0 mi |
| Crow Butte | SW 227° | 1,287 m | 12.6 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WSW 244° | 1,285 m | 17.1 mi |
| Barrel Butte | SSW 209° | 1,273 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357763877
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