Historic site · Nebraska

Oregon Trail Marker

Oregon Trail Marker from directly overhead

Oregon Trail Marker is a historic site in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 428 m. The nearest named place is Diller City Park, a park 7.6 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 14 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.00171, -96.91620

13.5 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

52 named places within 25 miles

Parks27

Diller City Park: 7.6 mi
Veterans Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
Rose Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 11.9 mi
Arbor Park: 16.0 mi
Feit Memorial Park: 16.6 mi

Historic sites9

Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.6 mi
Nichols Park Rock: 20.1 mi
Freeman Graves: 20.2 mi
First Homestead Monument: 20.3 mi
Girl Scout Cabin: 20.4 mi

Museums7

Immanuel Lutheran School Museum: 9.1 mi
Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum: 16.4 mi
Jefferson County Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
Fairbury City Museum: 17.3 mi
Koester House: 18.1 mi

Nature reserves4

Hollenberg Station State Historic Site: 7.8 mi
Washington State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 11.9 mi
Flathead Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
Leisure Lake Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi

Attractions2

Hollenberg Pony Express Station Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
M110: 18.5 mi

Artworks2

Pony Express Rider: 17.9 mi
Underbridge Mario: 19.7 mi

Gardens1

Library Arboretum: 20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:32	19:04	19:40
June solstice	06:00	20:20	21:01
September equinox	07:16	18:51	19:26
December solstice	07:47	16:23	17:06

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	25	29	40	51	62	72	77	75	66	54	40	29
Precip in	0.8	1.0	1.7	3.0	5.1	5.0	4.3	3.5	3.1	2.4	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairbury 5S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/10711457245

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