Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area
Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. Spirit Mound stands 390 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Scenic Missouri Valley Historical Marker, a park 2.2 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Outlaw Trail
81 named places within 25 miles
- Scenic Missouri Valley Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Historic Missouri Valley Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Tripp Park: 5.5 mi
- Crockett Park: 5.7 mi
- Morgen Park: 5.8 mi
- Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum: 8.1 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 22.4 mi
- National Music Museum: 22.9 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 22.9 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 13.5 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
- Hobie Cat Beach: 7.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 12.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 22.9 mi
- HyVee Garden: 23.2 mi
- Calumet Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Spirit Mound: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Mound | ENE 76° | 390 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:29 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:13 | 16:59 |
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 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yankton 2 E, 6 mi away.
- large-flowered beardtongue3 obs
- Widow Skimmer1 obs
- bur oak1 obs
- common buckthorn1 obs
- false indigo bush1 obs
- autumn olive1 obs
- Plains Leopard Frog1 obs
- Zebra Jumping Spider1 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/655312678
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