Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area
Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 593 m. Blue Mound stands 629 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 4.2 miles off. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Heritage Highway
27 named places within 25 miles
- Limestone Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Macon Lakes Federal Waterfowl Protection Area: 10.8 mi
- Ritterbush Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 16.0 mi
- Narrows State Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
- Harlan County Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Franklin City Park: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Run ATV Trail: 12.7 mi
- Harlan County Lake Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Wagner Park: 20.2 mi
- Alma Vista Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Franklin County Museum: 4.7 mi
- Webster County Historical Museum: 23.6 mi
- Burlington Depot: 23.8 mi
- Willa Cather House: 23.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 16.4 mi
- Blue Mound: 16.4 mi
- Franklin County Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SW 215° | 629 m | 16.4 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 271° | 627 m | 16.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 83° | 624 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:28 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:31 | 17:14 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin #2, 4 mi away.
- Ring-necked Snake7 obs
- Striped Bark Scorpion7 obs
- Great Plains Ratsnake2 obs
- Spinystar2 obs
- Grassland Pricklypear2 obs
- North American Racer1 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/689337710
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