Indian Creek State Wildlife Management Area
Indian Creek State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 513 m. Lookout Mountain stands 624 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Burlington Depot, a museum 1.1 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 1.9 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Heritage Highway
28 named places within 25 miles
- Red Cloud City Park: 1.8 mi
- Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
- Willa Cather Memorial Prairie: 4.0 mi
- Republican Valley Wayside Park: 8.4 mi
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church Historical Marker: 13.0 mi
- Burlington Depot: 1.1 mi
- Willa Cather House: 1.8 mi
- Webster County Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Franklin County Museum: 22.6 mi
- Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum: 24.6 mi
- Narrows State Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Elk Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Limestone Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area: 19.3 mi
- Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area: 23.4 mi
- Macon Lakes Federal Waterfowl Protection Area: 24.4 mi
- The Island: 4.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States: 16.4 mi
- Franklin County Veterans Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Starke Round Barn: 5.1 mi
- Abdal: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indian Creek State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | W 266° | 624 m | 20.0 mi |
| The Island | ESE 121° | 537 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:26 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:29 | 17:13 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 52 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Cloud, 3 mi away.
- Clouded Sulphur2 obs
- winecup mallow2 obs
- American White Pelican1 obs
- Turkey Vulture1 obs
- Dickcissel1 obs
- Brown Thrasher1 obs
- Eastern Kingbird1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/688709511
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