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Clark Waterfowl Production Area

Clark Waterfowl Production Area from directly overhead

Clark Waterfowl Production Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 659 m. Lookout Mountain stands 624 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lindau Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 19 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.37929, -99.05098

94 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Walkers Ranch Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
  • Wilcox City Park: 6.4 mi
  • South Park: 8.0 mi
  • North Park: 8.2 mi
  • Mosaic Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 4
  • The Great Platte River Road Archway: 20.1 mi
  • Big Apple Fun Center: 20.7 mi
  • Fort Kearney Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Thomsic Hillard Memorial Labyrinth: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Kearney Rest Area Westbound: 20.5 mi
  • Kearney Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Yanney Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Cottonmill Swimming Beach: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Kellaway Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Harmon Park Rock Garden: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clark Waterfowl Production Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainSSE 162°624 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1319:48
June solstice06:0720:2921:10
September equinox07:2418:5919:35
December solstice07:5716:3017:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506071767365523827
Precip in0.50.61.32.44.53.93.63.21.92.11.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minden, 11 mi away.

  • Ferruginous Hawk1 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/689879560

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