Nature reserve · Nebraska

Oak Valley State Wildlife Management Area

Oak Valley State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Oak Valley State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 503 m. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 3.1 miles away. 44 named places lie within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.95185, -97.62349

Around it

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks36

Heritage Park: 3.1 mi
Battle Creek City Park: 3.1 mi
Wayside Park: 7.7 mi
Meadow Grove Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
Meadow Grove Victory Park: 7.8 mi

Museums4

Meadow Grove Museum: 7.8 mi
Elkhorn Valley Museum and Research Center: 12.1 mi
Madison County Historical Society Museum: 12.1 mi
Antelope County Museum: 24.2 mi

Nature reserves2

Yellowbanks State Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
Wood Duck State Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi

Historic sites2

Verges Park Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
Memorial of White Buffalo Girl: 24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:06	19:43
June solstice	05:56	20:28	21:10
September equinox	07:19	18:53	19:30
December solstice	07:56	16:18	17:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	21	25	37	48	59	70	74	71	63	50	36	24
Precip in	0.5	0.7	1.4	2.9	4.1	4.5	3.1	3.9	2.2	2.3	1.3	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 4W, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Brown-belted Bumble Bee5 obs
Common Eastern Bumble Bee3 obs
hoary vervain2 obs
hoary alyssum2 obs
Ring-necked Pheasant1 obs
Northern House Wren1 obs
Spotted Towhee1 obs
White-breasted Nuthatch1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/664670663

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