Box Elder Canyon State Wildlife Management Area
Box Elder Canyon State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 842 m. Garfield Table stands 923 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Maxwell Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Brittenham Park: 4.1 mi
- Brittenham Field Entrance: 4.1 mi
- Fort McPherson Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Sioux Lookout Historical Monument: 4.4 mi
- Nebraska Gateway Sculpture: 5.5 mi
- Fort Brady Museum: 10.6 mi
- North Platte Area Children's Museum: 12.5 mi
- Cody Park Railroad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Lincoln County Historical Museum: 14.6 mi
- Sod House Museum: 22.4 mi
- Memorial Fire Hydrant: 4.1 mi
- TEXACO Oil: 10.7 mi
- North Platte Depot/Canteen Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Etna: 21.4 mi
- Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker: 5.9 mi
- Fort Cody Trading Post: 11.6 mi
- Brady Rest Area Westbound: 5.5 mi
- Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 6.0 mi
- Odencranze Table: 20.8 mi
- Garfield Table: 24.1 mi
- Wyoming Rainbow: 22.5 mi
- Ingham: 23.8 mi
- Hershey Garden Belles: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Box Elder Canyon State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Table | N 5° | 923 m | 24.1 mi |
| Odencranze Table | ENE 65° | 914 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:37 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:34 | 17:18 |
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 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 76 | 73 | 64 | 50 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Platte Rgnl AP, 8 mi away.
- Plains Beebalm2 obs
- whorled milkweed2 obs
- Tomentose Burying Beetle2 obs
- rush skeletonplant2 obs
- Barn Swallow1 obs
- Great Crested Flycatcher1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Fourvalve Mimosa1 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/791859805
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