Box Butte

Box Butte: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Box Butte

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Box Butte — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.28885, -102.75853. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Butte

• Carhenge · attraction · Box Butte · ~23 km · Must-see
• Alliance Baptist Church · church · Box Butte · ~29 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~63 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~74 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~10 km
• Laing Park · park · Box Butte · ~27 km
• Sudman Field · park · Box Butte · ~27 km
• Box Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~28 km
• City of Alliance Central Park Fountain · fort · Box Butte · ~28 km
• Knight Museum and Sandhills Center · museum · Box Butte · ~28 km
• Central Park · sanctuary · Box Butte · ~28 km
• Bower Park · sanctuary · Box Butte · ~29 km
• Knight Park · park · Box Butte · ~29 km
• Hal Murray Softball Complex · park · Box Butte · ~29 km
• Joy Lake · lake · Sheridan · ~30 km
• Hemingford City Park · park · Box Butte · ~33 km
• Antioch Potash Boom-Town Historical Marker · park · Sheridan · ~35 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Butte

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Butte

• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~74 km · Must-see
• Scotts Bluff · viewpoint · Scotts Bluff · ~116 km · Must-see
• Sowbelly Canyon · viewpoint · Fall River · ~127 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Mountain · viewpoint · Banner · ~131 km · Must-see
• Wildcat Mountain · viewpoint · Banner · ~132 km · Must-see
• Porcupine Butte · viewpoint · Oglala Lakota · ~132 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Butte · viewpoint · Box Butte · ~10 km
• Box Butte · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~28 km
• Lloyd Hill · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~54 km
• Morton Hill · viewpoint · Sheridan · ~54 km

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