Sacred Hoop Garden
Sacred Hoop Garden is a garden in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 367 m. Skunk Hill stands 412 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Prairie, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 26 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Henry Doorly Zoo
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial to the American Bandshell Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Railroad Spikes: 16.6 mi
- Reading Garden: 17.8 mi
- Gallery of Art and Design: 18.0 mi
- Cape II (Cape Two): 18.9 mi
- Best Fishing Spot: 3.6 mi
- Wiggenhorn Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Louisville City Park: 7.4 mi
- Louisville City Park: 7.4 mi
- Greenwood Park: 7.9 mi
- Prehistorical Burial Site Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
- Prehistorical Burial Site: 1.7 mi
- Gretna Fish Hatchery Historical Marker: 3.0 mi
- Springfield Community Hall historical marker: 10.1 mi
- Millard West School Entrance: 14.4 mi
- Elk Prairie: 0.2 mi
- Whitetail Deer: 0.3 mi
- Crane Meadows: 0.6 mi
- Bald Eagle Aviary: 0.7 mi
- Bison: 0.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum: 1.1 mi
- Hangar A: 1.1 mi
- Hangar B: 1.1 mi
- Gretna Fish Hatchery Museum: 2.9 mi
- Murdock Museum: 5.9 mi
- Stations of the Cross Garden: 16.5 mi
- BSA Pollinator Garden: 19.4 mi
- Garden of the Bible: 19.5 mi
- Formal Garden: 22.0 mi
- Electrical Safety: 22.0 mi
- Forest City Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Sergeant Mad Bear: 12.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Park: 16.1 mi
- Prairie Pines Nature Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Riverside: 6.8 mi
- Factoryville: 22.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Bodleys Hill: 22.8 mi
- Skunk Hill: 23.7 mi
- Boocker point: 24.7 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 2.9 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 22.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Queen Hill: 24.3 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 5.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sacred Hoop Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skunk Hill | NW 315° | 412 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bodleys Hill | NW 314° | 397 m | 22.8 mi |
| Boocker point | NNE 20° | 361.12 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:20 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:17 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland #2, 5 mi away.
- Woodhouse's Toad73 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog37 obs
- Canada Goose36 obs
- hoary vervain35 obs
- American Bullfrog35 obs
- purple crownvetch32 obs
- Monarch31 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper31 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/949235347
Day trips start here
- Gretna · 9 mi
- Papillion · 17 mi
- Bellevue · 22 mi
- Omaha · 23 mi
- Council Bluffs · 29 mi
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