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Rainwater and Habitat Garden

Rainwater and Habitat Garden from directly overhead

Rainwater and Habitat Garden is a garden in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Young Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
University of Nebraska - Omaha
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates41.25756, -96.01038

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves: 37
  • The Nature Conservancy: 4.2 mi
  • Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.9 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 5.7 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 6.6 mi
  • Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 18
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 21.1 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Boocker point: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainwater and Habitat Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointNW 312°361.12 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4716:1416:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232940526272767467534028

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha #1, 7 mi away.

  • Monarch143 obs
  • Black Swallowtail95 obs
  • ground-ivy67 obs
  • American Robin63 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail60 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel57 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail54 obs
  • Western Honey Bee53 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1117956426

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