Prairie Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area
Prairie Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 490 m. The nearest named place is Prairie Marsh State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 13 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Heritage Highway
72 named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Sora State Waterfowl Production Area: 2.6 mi
- Dry Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 8.3 mi
- Weis Waterfowl Production Area: 8.9 mi
- Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery Historical Marker: 8.1 mi
- Bruning Army Air Field Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 12.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 13.1 mi
- Willard Park: 13.2 mi
- Thayer County Museum: 7.8 mi
- Heritage Room Museum: 15.5 mi
- Tobias Community Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Fillmore County Museum: 20.3 mi
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 7.8 mi
- Bruning Army Airfield: 11.1 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 22.2 mi
- Frager Field: 23.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 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, 12 mi away.
- Ring-necked Pheasant1 obs
- Baird's Sandpiper1 obs
- Semipalmated Sandpiper1 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck1 obs
- Least Bittern1 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/668873813
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