Panorama Point

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JeffH
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June 16, 2020

After spending the night deep in the Nebraska National Forest (I didn't even know that existed) I kept driving toward Kimball, the closest town to the Nebraska highpoint. A few miles on dirt roads led me to a bison ranch where I duly submitted the suggested entrance fee and drove on more dirt road to Panorama Point. It is an interesting panorama, lots of flat ground with large animals grazing and lazing and quite a few windmills sitting idle in the absence of any breeze. No real hiking involved in this one, I parked about 30 yards from the marker although I did wander around a bit for photo opportunities.


0.02 miles, approximately 0.1 feet elevation gain.


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Entrance - no locked gate but a double length of cattle guard across the dirt road.


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High point from the road.


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Summit marker, lists the elevation as 5424.


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View of my hiking route.


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Summit pose. I'm the tallest person in the state right here.


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I didn't actually take a panorama shot but you can get the idea of the local landscape here.


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Local wildlife. These animals are huge.
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Post by HikeUp »

Was that 0.1 feet elevation gain both ways?
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Post by JerryN »

I hope you were prepared for the climb
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Post by dima »

Thanks for posting that! I would have expected such a flat high-point to have a much lower elevation, but that's what it is. I guess the plains are tilted.
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2011 Hike to the summit
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Post by David R »

Further proof that Nebraska doesn't really exist.
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dima wrote: Thanks for posting that! I would have expected such a flat high-point to have a much lower elevation, but that's what it is. I guess the plains are tilted.
The plains are actually at a pretty high elevation as the ground slopes up from the Mississippi River to the Rockies. Kansas was nearly 5000 feet too. And Nebraska has some hills but they are in the northern part of the state. This photo is while I was driving out of the National Forest.
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Post by Tom Kenney »

"I didn't actually take a panorama"

You could paste together 3 copies of that shot, and it'd fool me for sure! ?
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Post by Girl Hiker »

Did you get elevation sickness? Lol
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Post by Sean »

Tom Kenney wrote: "I didn't actually take a panorama"

You could paste together 3 copies of that shot, and it'd fool me for sure! ?
Actually I thought it was a panorama until he said it wasn't.
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