Kirkpatrick Basin North State Wildlife Management Area
Kirkpatrick Basin North State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. The nearest named place is York Rest Area Eastbound, a rest area 1.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 26 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
75 named places within 25 miles
- Harrison Park: 4.4 mi
- Linear Park: 4.6 mi
- Beaver Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- Easthill Park: 5.4 mi
- East Hill Park: 5.4 mi
- Kirkpatrick Basin South State Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Sinninger Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 10.2 mi
- Spikerush State Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Real Waterfowl Production Area: 11.5 mi
- Waco Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 11.6 mi
- Anna Bemis Palmer Museum: 5.0 mi
- Clayton Museum of Ancient History: 5.6 mi
- Fillmore County Museum: 13.8 mi
- Plainsman Museum: 17.3 mi
- Seward County Historical Society Museum: 23.6 mi
- York Rest Area Eastbound: 1.4 mi
- York Rest Area Westbound: 5.8 mi
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 5.8 mi
- Unicorn: 21.7 mi
- Sawyer: 17.7 mi
- Smith Creek Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:23 | 17:07 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York, 5 mi away.
- common milkweed5 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- Killdeer2 obs
- Plains Garter Snake2 obs
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle2 obs
- white mulberry2 obs
- great mullein2 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad2 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/667405004
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