Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area
Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 411 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis and Clark Camp Sites: August 23, 24 and 25, 1804 Historical Marker, a park 2.7 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 2.3 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 17.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 23 mi
- Bobsled Run · 24 mi
- Gobbler Point · 24 mi
- Kestrel Point · 24 mi
91 named places within 25 miles
- Lewis and Clark Camp Sites: August 23, 24 and 25, 1804 Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- Pfister Park: 3.3 mi
- Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Mulberry Bend Overlook: 6.2 mi
- Obert Park: 6.8 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve: 20.1 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 20.5 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 5.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 6.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 6.4 mi
- Volcano Hill: 6.6 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 6.6 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 10.5 mi
- National Music Museum: 10.8 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 11.4 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 15.1 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 17.2 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 17.4 mi
- Train Caboose: 20.5 mi
- HyVee Garden: 10.7 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SSE 164° | 468 m | 11.0 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | ENE 64° | 430 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NE 40° | 429 m | 5.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | ENE 59° | 426 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lookout Hill | E 99° | 411 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NE 42° | 395 m | 6.4 mi |
| Dakota Point | ESE 102° | 394 m | 23.6 mi |
| Spirit Mound | N 354° | 390 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:12 | 16:58 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 9 mi away.
- leadplant7 obs
- Haliplus7 obs
- Widow Skimmer3 obs
- hoary vervain3 obs
- Eastern Forktail3 obs
- False Map Turtle2 obs
- roughleaf dogwood2 obs
- Yellow Sweetclover2 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/627560495
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