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Darr Strip State Wildlife Management Area

Darr Strip State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Darr Strip State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 746 m. Redfern Table stands 877 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cozad Rest Area Westbound, a rest area 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80370, -99.89908

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 5
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Cozad Rest Area Westbound: 0.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wyoming Rainbow: 16.2 mi
Peaks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Darr Strip State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redfern TableN 357°877 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1619:52
June solstice06:0920:3421:15
September equinox07:2819:0219:38
December solstice08:0116:3217:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262939485970757365513828
Precip in0.50.81.32.53.63.53.32.81.61.80.90.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eustis 2 NW, 12 mi away.

  • Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel4 obs
  • Catnip3 obs
  • field bindweed3 obs
  • basswood2 obs
  • buffalo-bur2 obs
  • puncture vine2 obs
  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • Clay-colored Sparrow1 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/739261514

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