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Northeast Sacramento State Wildlife Management Area

Northeast Sacramento State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Northeast Sacramento State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 663 m. The nearest named place is Gleason Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.42527, -98.99175

100 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
Nature reserves: 22
Museums: 11
  • Kearney County Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Pioneer Village: 5.9 mi
  • Fort Kearney Visitor's Center: 15.1 mi
  • Nebraska Firefighters Museum & Education Center: 17.2 mi
  • Fort Kearney Museum: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • The Great Platte River Road Archway: 17.1 mi
  • Big Apple Fun Center: 18.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Thomsic Hillard Memorial Labyrinth: 18.8 mi
  • Fort Kearney Historical Marker: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Kearney Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
  • Kearney Rest Area Eastbound: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Yanney Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Cottonmill Swimming Beach: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Kellaway Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Harmon Park Rock Garden: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1219:48
June solstice06:0720:2921:10
September equinox07:2418:5919:35
December solstice07:5616:3017:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252939506071767365523827
Precip in0.50.61.32.44.53.93.63.21.92.11.00.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Minden, 7 mi away.

  • DeKay's Brownsnake2 obs
  • Common Raccoon1 obs
  • American Bumble Bee1 obs
  • giant blue sage1 obs
  • compass plant1 obs
  • leadplant1 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/689898561

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