Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 1,176 m in Nebraska. Bourquim Hill stands 1,237 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluewater Battlefield State Historical Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 20 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34815246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,176 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
20 named places within 25 miles
- Barn Butte: 7.2 mi
- Clay Peak: 7.3 mi
- McCuligan Butte: 8.5 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 10.9 mi
- Old Baldy: 10.9 mi
- Signal Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Eagles Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Coumbe Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Eagle Point: 22.4 mi
- Bluewater Battlefield State Historical Park: 3.0 mi
- Oshkosh City Park: 6.4 mi
- Garden County Museum: 6.5 mi
- Cedar View Beach: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourquim Hill | NE 39° | 1,237 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Vernon | SW 223° | 1,215 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wildhorse Hill | N 357° | 1,208 m | 12.0 mi |
| Old Lady Beam Hill | NNW 340° | 1,195 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | E 89° | 1,185 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sugar Loaf Hill | WNW 302° | 1,183 m | 12.7 mi |
| Old Baldy | ENE 73° | 1,180 m | 10.9 mi |
| McCuligan Butte | WSW 243° | 1,133 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oshkosh, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 834233 — Twin Buttes, Garden County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357763915
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