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Jewell Park

Jewell Park from directly overhead

Jewell Park is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Playground, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15160, -95.89433

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Northfield Park: 0.2 mi
  • Reed Community Center: 0.3 mi
  • College Heights Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mason Park: 0.5 mi
  • McCann Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Giant Chicken: 4.7 mi
  • Mammoth: 5.3 mi
  • Green Land Rover: 5.3 mi
  • Stingray Fountain: 5.3 mi
  • Land Rover: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 53
Nature reserves: 36
  • Longs Landing County Park: 3.4 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 3.5 mi
  • Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.7 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 5.0 mi
  • Folsom Point: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 20.8 mi
Peaks: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jewell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointNW 316°361.12 m18.6 mi
King HillSSE 169°359 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:00
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4616:1416:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232739516271767366533928
Precip in0.91.21.83.44.85.03.74.03.12.51.31.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 7E, 9 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer119 obs
  • Wild Turkey82 obs
  • Monarch54 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird50 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle48 obs
  • Song Sparrow46 obs
  • American Goldfinch45 obs
  • Turkey Vulture43 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/546264816

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