Nature reserve · Nebraska
Little Blue State Wildlife Management Area
Little Blue State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 435 m. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 0.7 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.15725, -97.52715
- 0.7 mi off the Heritage Highway
52 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 23
- Riverside Park: 3.0 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 3.4 mi
- Willard Park: 3.4 mi
- Friedensau Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
- Deshler City Park: 10.4 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- Meridian State Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Dry Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
- Prairie Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 13.5 mi
- Prairie Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Sora State Waterfowl Production Area: 17.0 mi
Museums: 10
- Thayer County Museum: 7.0 mi
- Fairbury City Museum: 18.0 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
- Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum: 18.7 mi
- Heritage Room Museum: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 7.0 mi
- Bruning Army Airfield: 13.6 mi
- Professional Surveyors Of The United States: 13.6 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 13.6 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 13.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:23 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:25 | 17:08 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 67 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hebron, 4 mi away.
- Lincoln's Sparrow1 obs
- North American Racer1 obs
- Big Brown Bat1 obs
- chicory1 obs
- Orange Sulphur1 obs
- Creek Chub1 obs
- narrowleaf puccoon1 obs
- Variegated Meadowhawk1 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/668836985
Private beta · Free to join
Take the scenic way to Little Blue State Wildlife Management Area.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.