Nature reserve · Nebraska

DeFair State Wildlife Management Area

DeFair State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

DeFair State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,127 m. Indian Hill stands 1,268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Avocet State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Sandhills Journey passes 2.4 miles off. 5 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

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What to expect

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Getting there

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Coordinates41.96247, -101.71140

2.4 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National

Around it

5 named places within 25 miles

Peaks3

Wild Horse Hill: 11.8 mi
Indian Hill: 17.7 mi
Baldy Hill: 21.9 mi

Nature reserves2

Avocet State Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Frye Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Indian Hill	NW 309°	1,268 m	17.7 mi
Wild Horse Hill	WSW 256°	1,266 m	11.8 mi
Baldy Hill	SSE 147°	1,165 m	21.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:51	18:22	18:59
June solstice	05:12	19:44	20:27
September equinox	06:35	18:09	18:46
December solstice	07:12	15:34	16:19

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	26	28	37	45	56	66	72	71	62	48	37	27
Precip in	0.3	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	3.3	2.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitman 5 ENE, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/803417188

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