Fresh off a fun hike of the Dundy County highpoint to the south, I arrived near the Chase County highpoint about an hour later. Its highpoint is a rather large, impressive hill visible from quite a distance in these otherwise flat lands. The fog/mist refused to budge and all I could see was a faint phantasm rising in the horizon, but as I got closer it became readily apparent and in clear weather, is probably a pretty sight. In any case, I had a slight bit of trouble figuring out the best way to get close to this hill. The map showed some roads getting close but none of these proved to be useful. Finally after some minor experimenting I came to the junction of Chase County Roads 739 and Avenue 312 (this junction is two miles south of paved US-6, with the turn off being about 1.5 miles inside the Nebraska state line). I went south on Avenue 312 about a half-mile on a two track, which led me through an opening in a fence line and put me on the edge of a farm field. I couldn't see any buildings and the land was hilly enough so that my vehicle was probably not visible either. Just in case, I put a note in my windshield in case anyone came upon it. There were no signs anywhere prohibiting access. I was about 1.5 miles northeast of the highpoint.

I hiked south along the edge of the field, then crossed two parallel fences running east-west. Once past the second fence I went line of sight to the southwest and started to gain the sandy, brushy hillsides of this hill complex. A set of huge powerlines helped as a navigation device. But the navigation was easy overall; my objective visible for most of the hike. The only problem was I was often forced to go up and down many little hillocks and drainages to get to my goal. I finally surmounted the bhighest hill, where I found the Lamar Benchmark in its cement base and witness post nearby. One way hiking was about 1.5 miles, maybe a little more due to some zig-zagging, and about 210 feet of net gain... maybe another 50 feet if I include the ups and downs. After a few minutes where I actually sat and relaxed, I started back, this time coming off the hill more to the north and thereby avoiding the annoying up-down aspect of the ascent. I was back to my vehicle after about an hour. No one had apparently been there so I spent some time having lunch and changing into drier clothes. Next up: Perkins County's really uninteresting highpoints.