Nature reserve · Nebraska
Dry Creek Wildlife Management Area
Dry Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 592 m. The nearest named place is O'Neill Historical Marker, a park 0.8 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 27 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.43352, -98.60084
- 27.5 mi off the Outlaw Trail
24 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 13
- O'Neill Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- Tara Hill Park: 3.1 mi
- Lions Kiddie Park: 3.3 mi
- Ford Park: 3.3 mi
- Torpin: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Gil Poese Recreational Area: 2.5 mi
- Greenvale State Wildlife Management Area: 21.0 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 21.6 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 22.0 mi
- Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 2
- Battling Rhinos: 22.7 mi
- Ancient Tortoise: 22.7 mi
Museums: 1
- Sturdevant-McKee Museum: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mars: 23.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:33 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — O'neill, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Cottonwood3 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- common yarrow1 obs
- Stonecat1 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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