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Bobcat State Wildlife Management Area

Bobcat State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bobcat State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 664 m. White Cap Hill stands 878 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is White Cliffs, a cliff 2.4 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 6.9 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.72437, -99.87710

32 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 12
Peaks: 7
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Smith Falls: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap HillSSW 203°878 m20.6 mi
Antelope PeakSSW 209°793 m4.6 mi
Ainsworth TableSSE 154°750 m11.3 mi
McClain HillENE 72°729 m9.3 mi
Turtle ButteN 5°712 m23.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillNE 42°711 m13.4 mi
Huddle TableNNW 331°697 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1519:52
June solstice06:0220:3921:22
September equinox07:2819:0119:39
December solstice08:0716:2317:09

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222535455767747163483524

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springview 2NW, 9 mi away.

  • Red-spotted Admiral3 obs
  • Bush Cicada3 obs
  • thistle poppy2 obs
  • Eastern Giant Swallowtail2 obs
  • Pale Snaketail2 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary2 obs
  • Painted Lady1 obs
  • eastern redcedar1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/697407394

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