After a hefty first-half of the day where I'd visited three county highpoints (and hiked four hills in the process) in the Sand Hills, with Morton Hill in Sheridan County being my most recent, I headed north and west towards South Dakota, but along the way I had two fairly easy highpoints to nab, a welcome respite from the tiring I had given myself so far today.

Box Butte's highpoint is along its western boundary just south of highway NE-71. It's nothing more than a rise in the road in farmland. I drove to the two candidate areas, walked them both for a few moments, and called it good. Certainly, not very much, but it helped pad my count. From here I went north and visited the nearby Dawes County highpoint.

The name of this highpoint is based on the nearby "Posvar" Benchmark, which seems to be at the top of a very unobvious hill centered in adjoining Sioux County. I have no idea if Posvar is a name, or maybe just code for something like "Positive Variance".