Nature reserve · Nebraska
Bulrush State Wildlife Management Area
Bulrush State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 529 m. The nearest named place is Edgar Historical Marker, a park 1.9 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 17 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.39190, -98.07667
- 16.9 mi off the Heritage Highway
100 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 60
- Edgar Historical Marker: 1.9 mi
- Standpipe Park: 5.8 mi
- South Park: 6.0 mi
- Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 6.1 mi
- Schuck Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 30
- Bluewing Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Kissinger Basin State Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Smartweed Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Smartweed Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Smith Waterfowl Production Area: 6.2 mi
Museums: 4
- Heritage Room Museum: 14.1 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 16.8 mi
- Crosier Asmat Museum: 21.5 mi
- Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Frager Field: 3.1 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Spring Ranch: 8.3 mi
- Abdal: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 2
- Hastings Central Park Fountain: 21.5 mi
- Chatauqua Pavilion: 22.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:26 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:26 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clay CTR, 9 mi away.
- buffalo-bur1 obs
- pale smartweed1 obs
- plains coreopsis1 obs
- Pink Smartweed1 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.
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