Nature reserve · Nebraska
Greenhead State Wildlife Management Area
Greenhead State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 523 m. The nearest named place is Green Acres Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 20 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.44442, -97.94007
- 20.5 mi off the Heritage Highway
84 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 38
- Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 2.1 mi
- Schuck Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 3.2 mi
- Meadowlark Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 3.6 mi
- Moger Lagoon National Wildlife Mgt Area: 3.8 mi
- Harms Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 36
- Green Acres Waterfowl Production Area: 1.6 mi
- Smith Waterfowl Production Area: 2.0 mi
- Eckhardt Waterfowl Production Area: 2.1 mi
- Moger Waterfowl Production Area: 3.7 mi
- Alberding Waterfowl Production Area: 4.1 mi
Museums: 4
- Heritage Room Museum: 14.5 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 21.1 mi
- Fillmore County Museum: 22.8 mi
- Thayer County Museum: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Frager Field: 6.9 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 10.4 mi
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Spring Ranch: 15.7 mi
- Sawyer: 24.3 mi
- Abdal: 24.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:26 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clay CTR, 8 mi away.
- common morning-glory1 obs
- Virginian Tiger Moth1 obs
- Variegated Fritillary1 obs
- Oblique Longhorn Bee1 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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