Nature reserve · Nebraska
North Lake Basin State Wildlife Management Area
North Lake Basin State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. The nearest named place is South Ball Park, a park 1.3 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.91690, -97.34274
84 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 45
- South Ball Park: 1.3 mi
- Freeman Lake Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 1.8 mi
- Conns Park: 1.8 mi
- North Ball Park: 2.3 mi
- Waco Municipal Park: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 15
- Shypoke State Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Straight Water Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Waco Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 7.1 mi
- Spikerush State Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Hidden Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
Museums: 9
Artworks: 8
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 13.0 mi
- The Light Sculpture: 13.1 mi
- Open Book Sculpture: 13.2 mi
- Boiler Breakout: 13.2 mi
- Creation Sculpture: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- York Rest Area Westbound: 13.0 mi
- Blue River Rest Area Eastbound: 16.1 mi
- York Rest Area Eastbound: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Heartfelt Memorial: 13.1 mi
- War Memorial: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Smith Creek Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Sawyer: 24.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:21 | 17:05 |
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 | 23 | 27 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Surprise, 13 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron9 obs
- Stilt Sandpiper2 obs
- Long-billed Dowitcher2 obs
- Short-eared Owl2 obs
- Rock Pigeon1 obs
- White-faced Ibis1 obs
- Western Sandpiper1 obs
- Dunlin1 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.
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