Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area
Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,058 m. Rattlesnake Peak stands 1,203 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Opening the Sandhills Historical Marker, a park 8.2 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
17 named places within 25 miles
- Opening the Sandhills Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Wayland Park: 11.6 mi
- Winship Park: 11.7 mi
- Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Bowring Ranch State Historical Park: 18.6 mi
- Rock Hill: 15.1 mi
- Lone Butte: 19.7 mi
- Mount Maria: 22.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Peak: 22.5 mi
- Porcupine Butte: 23.2 mi
- Scamahorn Museum: 11.6 mi
- The Tri State Old Time Cowboys Memorial Museum: 11.6 mi
- Wounded Knee Massacre Site: 22.6 mi
- Wounded Knee cemetery: 22.8 mi
- AH-1 Cobra Helicopter: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shell Lake State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Peak | W 271° | 1,203 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Maria | W 265° | 1,148 m | 22.1 mi |
| Porcupine Butte | NW 321° | 1,117 m | 23.2 mi |
| Lone Butte | SW 219° | 1,115 m | 19.7 mi |
| Rock Hill | S 182° | 1,083 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 35 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 61 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gordon 6N, 9 mi away.
- blue vervain2 obs
- Ord's Kangaroo Rat1 obs
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog1 obs
- Common Sunflower1 obs
- Wild Licorice1 obs
- Great Plains yucca1 obs
- thistle poppy1 obs
- prairie sunflower1 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.
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