Wayside Butte
Wayside Butte rises to 1,146 m in Nebraska. Pine Butte stands 1,366 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wayside, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Gold Rush Byway runs past it. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States.
Wikidata Q34819082, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,146 m
How to reach it
- On the Gold Rush Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Lone Butte: 10.9 mi
- Limestone Butte: 12.1 mi
- Wolf Butte: 12.8 mi
- Isinglass Buttes: 13.6 mi
- Pete Smith Hill: 13.8 mi
- Boog Horse Park: 14.9 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 15.4 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 15.6 mi
- Wilson Park: 15.7 mi
- Dean's Green: 15.9 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 15.9 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 16.9 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 18.4 mi
- Crawford Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
- Cowboy Artwork: 12.9 mi
- C-Hill: 16.1 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 24.1 mi
- Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center: 23.1 mi
- Prehistoric Prairies Discovery Center: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wayside Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Butte | WSW 239° | 1,366 m | 22.9 mi |
| Roundtop | WSW 238° | 1,346 m | 22.5 mi |
| Crown Butte | SSW 192° | 1,288 m | 23.6 mi |
| Crow Butte | SSW 196° | 1,287 m | 23.5 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | SSW 210° | 1,285 m | 24.8 mi |
| Barrel Butte | S 185° | 1,273 m | 23.2 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | SSW 210° | 1,270 m | 24.5 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | SSE 158° | 1,255 m | 20.2 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 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:35 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357764335
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