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Sod House Museum

Sod House Museum from directly overhead

Sod House Museum is a museum in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 782 m. Tallin Table stands 932 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Heron State Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 782 m

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.91803, -100.16770

0.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National

Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks35

Blue Heron State Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
Ehmen Park: 1.2 mi
E G West Park: 1.4 mi
Lake Helen Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
Swedish Crosses Cemetery Historical Marker: 4.3 mi

Nature reserves19

East Gothenburg State Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
West Gothenburg State Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
West Cozad State Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
Midway Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi

Historic sites8

Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
Cozad Memorial: 10.4 mi
The 100th Meridian Historical Marker: 10.4 mi
UP 25335: 10.4 mi
COZAD: 10.5 mi

Peaks7

Rock Island Table: 15.7 mi
Odencranze Table: 16.6 mi
Hansen Table: 18.8 mi
Redfern Table: 19.7 mi
Schukar Table: 20.3 mi

Museums6

Gothenburg Historical Museum: 1.1 mi
Pony Express Station Museum: 1.1 mi
One Hundredth Meridian Museum: 10.4 mi
Robert Henri Museum: 10.4 mi
Fort Brady Museum: 12.7 mi

Rest areas3

Cozad Rest Area Westbound: 15.8 mi
Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 16.9 mi
Brady Rest Area Westbound: 17.6 mi

Beaches3

North Shore: 21.5 mi
Mallard Beach: 22.7 mi
East Shore: 23.0 mi

Attractions2

Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker: 17.0 mi
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker: 17.6 mi

Artworks1

Wyoming Rainbow: 0.7 mi

Picnic sites1

Picnic Shelter: 10.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Ingham: 15.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Tallin Table	N 356°	932 m	24.9 mi
Schukar Table	N 10°	927 m	20.3 mi
Odencranze Table	N 352°	914 m	16.6 mi
Hansen Table	NNE 26°	909 m	18.8 mi
Rock Island Table	NNE 12°	903 m	15.7 mi
Stop Table	NNE 15°	886 m	21.2 mi
Redfern Table	NE 40°	877 m	19.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:45	19:17	19:53
June solstice	06:10	20:35	21:17
September equinox	07:29	19:03	19:40
December solstice	08:03	16:32	17:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	28	30	41	50	60	71	76	73	65	52	39	29
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.7	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.3	1.7	1.9	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gothenburg, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/366492376

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