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Prairie Wolf State Wildlife Management Area

Prairie Wolf State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Prairie Wolf State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 473 m. The nearest named place is Headworks Park Public Power District Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41682, -97.73500

68 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Genoa City Park: 1.9 mi
  • Headworks Park: 3.2 mi
  • Lincoln Highway Gardiner Station Section Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
  • Fullerton Park: 12.5 mi
  • Saint Edward City Park: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
  • Headworks Park Public Power District Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
  • George D Syas State Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
  • Loup Public Power District State Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
  • Sunny Hollow State Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
  • Council Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Duncan 1871-1971 Historical Marker: 12.7 mi
  • Nance County Veteran's Memorial: 12.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 18.9 mi
  • Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial: 19.5 mi
  • Wunderlichts: 21.0 mi
Museums: 3

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0719:43
June solstice05:5820:2721:09
September equinox07:1918:5319:30
December solstice07:5516:2117:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242839506171757265523827
Precip in0.70.81.63.04.44.43.03.02.52.21.21.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Genoa 2 W, 3 mi away.

  • Plains Garter Snake5 obs
  • Plains Topminnow5 obs
  • Common Garter Snake3 obs
  • Brassy Minnow3 obs
  • Shoal Chub3 obs
  • Boreal Chorus Frog2 obs
  • Red Shiner2 obs
  • Orangespotted Sunfish2 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/675959754

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