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Grove Lake State Wildlife Management Area

Grove Lake State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Grove Lake State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 533 m. Council Hill stands 567 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. Outlaw Trail passes 27 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35120, -98.09978

32 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 16
  • Brunswick Park: 6.7 mi
  • Church Park: 6.7 mi
  • Prairie States Forestry Project Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
  • Greg Paesi Memorial Field: 12.2 mi
  • Bruce Park: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Grove Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
  • Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park: 5.8 mi
  • Hackberry Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 12.4 mi
  • Red-Wing State Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
  • Greenvale State Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
Museums: 3
Artworks: 2
Peaks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Council HillNE 48°567 m7.7 mi
Stony ButteNNW 345°515 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:0819:45
June solstice05:5620:3121:13
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1817:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212536476070757264503624
Precip in0.60.81.73.04.34.33.53.73.12.31.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Creighton, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/677640366

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