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Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area

Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 859 m. The nearest named place is Wellfleet State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 15 miles away. 21 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.59327, -100.93081

Around it

21 named places within 25 miles

Parks14

Wellfleet Community Lake: 14.9 mi
Bortner Grove: 17.1 mi
Ringneck Access: 18.1 mi
Palisade City Park: 19.2 mi
Centennial Park: 19.3 mi

Nature reserves4

Wellfleet State Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
Cedar Valley State Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
NCORPE North: 22.7 mi
Hansen Memorial Reserve State Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi

Historic sites2

McCook Army Airfield: 22.9 mi
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker: 23.3 mi

Museums1

McCook Army Air Base Museum: 23.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:20	19:56
June solstice	06:14	20:37	21:19
September equinox	07:32	19:07	19:43
December solstice	08:05	16:37	17:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	27	30	40	48	58	69	75	73	64	51	38	29
Precip in	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.1	3.6	3.3	3.3	2.8	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayes Center 1NW, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Killdeer1 obs
Eastern Kingbird1 obs
White-tailed Deer1 obs
Widow Skimmer1 obs
Blue-fronted Dancer1 obs
water smartweed1 obs
Colorado Potato Beetle1 obs
Spined Assassin Bug1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/801774885

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