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Central Great Plains

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Bald Mountain (7881 ft/2402 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Nebraska (34%), Kansas (29%), Colorado (13%), South Dakota (8%), Wyoming (8%), Missouri (5%), Oklahoma (3%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	225,440 sq mi / 583,890 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	631 mi / 1,015 km North-South 774 mi / 1,245 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	40° 19' N; 99° 25' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central Great Plains
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Central Great Plains.

Great Plains	Level 3 (Parent)
Canadian Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northern US Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Black Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Great Plains	Level 4
Wyoming-NW Nebraska High Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Niobara-Missouri-Black Hills Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Sand Hills	Level 5 (Child)
Northeast Nebraska Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Inter-Platte High Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Colorado Piedmont	Level 5 (Child)
West Kansas-Nebraska High Plains	Level 5 (Child)
East Kansas-Nebraska Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Flint Hills	Level 5 (Child)
Osage-Missouri Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central Great Plains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Bald Mountain	7881	2402	Colorado Piedmont
2.	True Mountain	7784	2373	Colorado Piedmont
3.	Raspberry Butte	7720+	2353+	Colorado Piedmont
4.	Monkey Face	7719	2353	Colorado Piedmont
5.	Vollmer Hill	7704	2348	Colorado Piedmont
6.	Spruce Hill	7688+	2343+	Colorado Piedmont
7.	Peak 7675	7675	2339	Colorado Piedmont
8.	Rattlesnake Butte	7570+	2307+	Colorado Piedmont
9.	Larkspur Butte	7535	2297	Colorado Piedmont
10.	Dawson Butte	7481	2280	Colorado Piedmont
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Bald Mountain	7881	2402	Colorado Piedmont
2.	Terry Anticline	6467	1971	Inter-Platte High Plains
3.	Pine Ridge	6315	1925	Wyoming-NW Nebraska High Plains
4.	Dawes County High Point	4820+	1469+	Niobara-Missouri-Black Hills Plains
5.	Landsman Hill	4652	1418	West Kansas-Nebraska High Plains
6.	Reilly Hill	4400+	1341+	Sand Hills
7.	Rock County High Point	2710	826	Northeast Nebraska Plains
8.	Graham County High Point	2640	805	East Kansas-Nebraska Plains
9.	Butler County High Point	1680+	512+	Flint Hills
10.	Osage County High Point	1360+	415+	Osage-Missouri Plains

Photos of Peaks in the Central Great Plains

Castle Rock Helpfully, the minimally exposed short scramble route to the top starts right behind this sign. Photo by Roger Fick. Click here for larger-size photo.	Indian Benchmark Summit Benchmark (2022-08-17). Photo by Forrest Thorniley. Click here for larger-size photo.
North Butte Looking North along the Western edge of the butte wall. A very unique summit! (2018-07-18). Photo by Daniel Mick. Click here for larger-size photo.	Panorama Point A tiny monument marks the highest elevation in Nebraska, with endless plains stretching into the distance (1989-05-10).
Soldier Creek Wilderness High Point Looking westerly from the top. A gold BM is snuggled in the belly of the white rocks. (2020-04-04). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Scotts Bluff View from the Saddle Rock Trail at Scotts Bluff N.M (2019-08-19). Photo by Chris L. Click here for larger-size photo.
Crown Rock Crown Peak a small subpeak near the national park monument HP as seen from the non-technical saddle approach (2016-10-13). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.	Roundtop Roundtop Peak, Nebraska in the Pine Ridge Photo by Tom Scheimo. Click here for larger-size photo.
Eagle Rock The south face of Eagle Rock in Scotts Bluff NM (2019-07-24). Photo by Jan Riefer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pine Butte Pine Butte, Nebraska Photo by Tom Scheimo. Click here for larger-size photo.

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