Wild Horse Butte
Wild Horse Butte rises to 1,230 m in Nebraska. Cowboy Hill stands 1,293 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Box Butte County Historical Marker, a park 4.8 miles away. Gold Rush Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States
Wikidata Q34820966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1230 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
25 named places within 25 miles
- Box Butte County Historical Marker: 4.8 mi
- Carhenge Park: 8.1 mi
- Laing Park: 10.2 mi
- Sudman Field: 10.3 mi
- Central Park North: 10.7 mi
- Box Butte: 4.9 mi
- Box Butte: 17.9 mi
- Cowboy Hill: 24.7 mi
- The Fourd Seasons: 8.1 mi
- Carhenge: 8.2 mi
- Sallows Military Museum: 10.7 mi
- Knight Museum and Sandhills Center: 10.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wild Horse Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboy Hill | SSW 193° | 1,293 m | 24.7 mi |
| Box Butte | ENE 66° | 1,218 m | 4.9 mi |
| Box Butte | NE 39° | 1,171 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alliance 1wnw, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 834709 — Wild Horse Butte, Box Butte County, Nebraska.
OpenStreetMap element node/357764541
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- Nebraska Panhandle · 20 mi
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