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Oxford State Wildlife Management Area

Oxford State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Oxford State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 635 m. Sappa Peak stands 680 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Burton's Bend Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 1.3 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates40.24992, -99.72841

30 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 15
Parks: 12
  • Small Schoolhouse Historical Marker: 3.2 mi
  • Republican River Flood of 1935 Historical Marker: 4.1 mi
  • Westside Park: 9.5 mi
  • Holbrook City Park: 15.3 mi
  • Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oxford State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sappa PeakSE 139°680 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:51
June solstice06:1020:3221:13
September equinox07:2719:0219:38
December solstice07:5916:3317:17

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140506071767465523929
Precip in0.50.61.32.43.53.84.43.21.91.90.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edison, 3 mi away.

  • Western Meadowlark1 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/785199655

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