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Nature reserve · Nebraska

Avocet State Wildlife Management Area

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Elevation, modelled: 1,127 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Indian Hill1,268 m · 15.5 mi
Nearest byway: Sandhills Journeyon it
Sunset, June solstice: 20:27local time
Coordinates: 41.9972, -101.7289

Avocet State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Avocet State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled 1,127 m. Indian Hill stands 1,268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Frye Lake State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Sandhills Journey runs past it. 5 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The record

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avocet State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Indian Hill	NW 304°	1,268 m	15.5 mi
Wild Horse Hill	WSW 243°	1,266 m	11.8 mi
Baldy Hill	SSE 148°	1,165 m	24.4 mi

On the road

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Around it

5 named places within 25 miles

Peaks3

Wild Horse Hill: 11.8 mi
Indian Hill: 15.5 mi
Baldy Hill: 24.4 mi

Nature reserves2

Frye Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
DeFair State Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:51	18:22	18:59
June solstice	05:12	19:44	20:27
September equinox	06:35	18:09	18:46
December solstice	07:12	15:34	16:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	26	28	37	45	56	66	72	71	62	48	37	27
Precip in	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	3.3	2.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitman 5 ENE, 15 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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