vanman798 - Jun 1, 2015 6:58 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015
Drove from Orem Utah first to the tri-state corner then to Panorama Point. It was an 8 hour drive.
Musisca - Feb 10, 2015 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2015
Clear Day in Nebraska
Clear day in Nebraska for the summit. Herd of bison nearby made the flat summit much more intriguing. Worth stopping by and checking out.
punchline - Dec 27, 2014 12:09 pm Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2014
Highpoint #22
On the way to Thanksgiving in MN. Ended up trying to use the GPS which fell about 1/4 mile short and would have sent us through someone's front yard. Unfortunately it was dark so couldn't find any landmark; kept going towards where we thought the road should be and found it. Snow flurries, took a photo at the marker, saw nothing, donated our $3 and left.
Pharmacist - Dec 2, 2014 7:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2013
drive-up
whole family made it to this one.
Bajumbug - Oct 19, 2014 11:24 pm Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2012
First High Point
Driving from Pocatello to Omaha, I saw this was fairly close to the freeway and decided to enjoy the novelty of going to a State High Point. Though I had thought a little about it through my life, I never seriously thought I'd be able to go to more than a couple. Little did I know what was in store for me that year--my job has me travel a lot, and I wound up visiting 13 summits in 2012. I had been bitten by the bug, and was able to do 13 more in 2013. I'm running out of the easy ones, though, may need to get serious. Very easy to find after reading the directions on Summitpost.
VtownStrider - Oct 7, 2014 7:37 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2013
HP 14
If I recall, very tough to find, in the middle of corn fields.
Fun visit. Drove up from Briggsdale, CO after camping at Pawnee National Grassland Crow Valley. Easy route but watch the last turn on to the private road as it is not signed coming from the south. Also enjoyed the nearby tri-point. Added better directions in the additions section. #40 for me, #27 for Lillian, #11 for John, #10 for Barb.
Paul McClellan - Jul 14, 2014 1:52 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2014
Good Road Directions
This was the first of several planes/midwestern high points I visited on a road trip. Thank you for the excellent road directions!
harbor - Jul 2, 2014 12:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2014
#8
Last one in a long trip doing some of the heartland high points. SD, IA, IL, MO, KS.
AF_Hiker - Jan 27, 2014 12:13 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2012
HP #4
Drove right up to the summit. Nice, quiet area.
iamrwood - Jan 13, 2014 11:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2013
2nd Highpoint of the Day
Drove up from Mount Sunflower in Kansas through endless flat lands. Nice monument except the railing around it :( [with Pocket Rocks]
Judd97 - Dec 11, 2013 11:47 pm Date Climbed: Nov 28, 2013
HP #21
Thanksgiving Day highpoint!
Woodswalker - Nov 24, 2013 8:40 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005
After a successful trip up Mt. Elbert my friend and I stopped to summit Nebraska. Even though it may not be a mountain I still enjoy HP's like this. I love listening to silence out in the middle of nowhere. Watched the sun go down then continued on our way back to WI.
Jimmy Rivers - Jul 21, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
Flat lands
Didn't see a person for miles and miles. 1st HP on a 6 state trip. State HP #21
THalky - Jul 8, 2013 1:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
HP #21
Flew in to Denver and drove straight here. Views for miles, albeit flat views.
jdzaharia - Jun 25, 2013 1:37 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2013
Panorama Point
Interesting place. We visited on the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Several register entries from the weekend. Also visited the nearby NE, CO, WY state tri-point. Thanks to the landowners for allowing public access.
DrPowercat - Apr 11, 2013 1:07 am Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2013
lonely
made it just before dusk after an all day drive from central Kansas, also visited the KS-NE-CO and NE-CO-WY tri-points on the same day
joseyinnet - Mar 26, 2013 4:16 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2013
1st of two
lovely drive
xbaghat - Jan 19, 2013 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2002
one
After an all encompassing drive from my sister's house in Des Moines, Iowa, totaling 621 miles, I finally arrived at Panarama Point. I decided to stop off at an old abandoned school house just four or so miles down gravel roads from the actual high point. The land was so open, not a soul in sight. As I drove, throwing up dust in my past, I passed a farmhouse just like the directions said. The cattle guard was next. I stopped the car and took an envelope used to collect the two buck entrance fee, left an offering, then moved on through the rubber hose spring gate. I jumped out and snapped a picture of the roaming bison. Turning at the second cattle guard, I knew I was close. Just up the hill. It was a cold, 30's, and I wasn't dressed for the weather. After reaching the monument, I leapt out the Jeep. The register was interesting. It was comprised of two books, I wrote in the latter of the second. To read other people's comments was something different than expected. I never once thought of other people's experiences on the highpoint trail. One interesting note was written on 9.11.1 and opened with simply, "Sad Day". It then went on to talk about how the group was going to keep on with their highpoint trip. Written in bold letters were words from John Lennon's "Imagine". Another page revealed the last people there before I was four days previous. I'm sure you run into people sometimes. So I drank a Miller High Life and sailed off to snowy Frisco, Colorado.
vanman798 - Jun 1, 2015 6:58 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015Drove from Orem Utah first to the tri-state corner then to Panorama Point. It was an 8 hour drive.
Musisca - Feb 10, 2015 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2015
Clear Day in NebraskaClear day in Nebraska for the summit. Herd of bison nearby made the flat summit much more intriguing. Worth stopping by and checking out.
punchline - Dec 27, 2014 12:09 pm Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2014
Highpoint #22On the way to Thanksgiving in MN. Ended up trying to use the GPS which fell about 1/4 mile short and would have sent us through someone's front yard. Unfortunately it was dark so couldn't find any landmark; kept going towards where we thought the road should be and found it. Snow flurries, took a photo at the marker, saw nothing, donated our $3 and left.
Pharmacist - Dec 2, 2014 7:48 pm Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2013
drive-upwhole family made it to this one.
Bajumbug - Oct 19, 2014 11:24 pm Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2012
First High PointDriving from Pocatello to Omaha, I saw this was fairly close to the freeway and decided to enjoy the novelty of going to a State High Point. Though I had thought a little about it through my life, I never seriously thought I'd be able to go to more than a couple. Little did I know what was in store for me that year--my job has me travel a lot, and I wound up visiting 13 summits in 2012. I had been bitten by the bug, and was able to do 13 more in 2013. I'm running out of the easy ones, though, may need to get serious. Very easy to find after reading the directions on Summitpost.
VtownStrider - Oct 7, 2014 7:37 pm Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2013
HP 14If I recall, very tough to find, in the middle of corn fields.
Bark Eater - Sep 16, 2014 12:05 pm Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2014
Approach from SouthwestFun visit. Drove up from Briggsdale, CO after camping at Pawnee National Grassland Crow Valley. Easy route but watch the last turn on to the private road as it is not signed coming from the south. Also enjoyed the nearby tri-point. Added better directions in the additions section. #40 for me, #27 for Lillian, #11 for John, #10 for Barb.
Paul McClellan - Jul 14, 2014 1:52 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2014
Good Road DirectionsThis was the first of several planes/midwestern high points I visited on a road trip. Thank you for the excellent road directions!
harbor - Jul 2, 2014 12:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2014
#8Last one in a long trip doing some of the heartland high points. SD, IA, IL, MO, KS.
AF_Hiker - Jan 27, 2014 12:13 am Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2012
HP #4Drove right up to the summit. Nice, quiet area.
iamrwood - Jan 13, 2014 11:42 pm Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2013
2nd Highpoint of the DayDrove up from Mount Sunflower in Kansas through endless flat lands. Nice monument except the railing around it :( [with Pocket Rocks]
Judd97 - Dec 11, 2013 11:47 pm Date Climbed: Nov 28, 2013
HP #21Thanksgiving Day highpoint!
Woodswalker - Nov 24, 2013 8:40 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2005
Panorama PointNice country. I saw a bison.
BadgerSummitSeeker - Jul 27, 2013 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011
State High Point # 26After a successful trip up Mt. Elbert my friend and I stopped to summit Nebraska. Even though it may not be a mountain I still enjoy HP's like this. I love listening to silence out in the middle of nowhere. Watched the sun go down then continued on our way back to WI.
Jimmy Rivers - Jul 21, 2013 11:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
Flat landsDidn't see a person for miles and miles. 1st HP on a 6 state trip. State HP #21
THalky - Jul 8, 2013 1:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2013
HP #21Flew in to Denver and drove straight here. Views for miles, albeit flat views.
jdzaharia - Jun 25, 2013 1:37 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2013
Panorama PointInteresting place. We visited on the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Several register entries from the weekend. Also visited the nearby NE, CO, WY state tri-point. Thanks to the landowners for allowing public access.
DrPowercat - Apr 11, 2013 1:07 am Date Climbed: Mar 11, 2013
lonelymade it just before dusk after an all day drive from central Kansas, also visited the KS-NE-CO and NE-CO-WY tri-points on the same day
joseyinnet - Mar 26, 2013 4:16 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2013
1st of twolovely drive
xbaghat - Jan 19, 2013 8:12 pm Date Climbed: Dec 18, 2002
oneAfter an all encompassing drive from my sister's house in Des Moines, Iowa, totaling 621 miles, I finally arrived at Panarama Point. I decided to stop off at an old abandoned school house just four or so miles down gravel roads from the actual high point. The land was so open, not a soul in sight. As I drove, throwing up dust in my past, I passed a farmhouse just like the directions said. The cattle guard was next. I stopped the car and took an envelope used to collect the two buck entrance fee, left an offering, then moved on through the rubber hose spring gate. I jumped out and snapped a picture of the roaming bison. Turning at the second cattle guard, I knew I was close. Just up the hill. It was a cold, 30's, and I wasn't dressed for the weather. After reaching the monument, I leapt out the Jeep. The register was interesting. It was comprised of two books, I wrote in the latter of the second. To read other people's comments was something different than expected. I never once thought of other people's experiences on the highpoint trail. One interesting note was written on 9.11.1 and opened with simply, "Sad Day". It then went on to talk about how the group was going to keep on with their highpoint trip. Written in bold letters were words from John Lennon's "Imagine". Another page revealed the last people there before I was four days previous. I'm sure you run into people sometimes. So I drank a Miller High Life and sailed off to snowy Frisco, Colorado.