Skip to content

Graves Library Museum

Graves Library Museum from directly overhead

Graves Library Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 427 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Eaton Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 19 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Wakefield Heritage Organization

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26936, -96.86686

Overlooks nearby

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 3
  • Blue Ox: 13.7 mi
  • Train Caboose: 20.0 mi
  • Bell: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Harp: 7.2 mi
  • Towers of Time: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Graves Library Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood HillN 0°468 m14.1 mi
Lookout HillNNE 19°411 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5220:2621:08
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5416:1316:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212537496070737164513624
Precip in0.70.91.73.34.15.03.13.73.02.51.41.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wakefield 3NW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366491170

More museums in Nebraska

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Graves Library Museum.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens