Smartweed Marsh State Wildlife Management Area
Smartweed Marsh State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 521 m. The nearest named place is Smartweed Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 13 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Heritage Highway
73 named places within 25 miles
- South Park: 2.9 mi
- Standpipe Park: 3.2 mi
- Edgar Historical Marker: 3.5 mi
- Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 7.5 mi
- Schuck Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 8.6 mi
- Smartweed Marsh West State Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Bluewing Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Bulrush State Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Smith Waterfowl Production Area: 7.5 mi
- Greenhead State Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Heritage Room Museum: 8.7 mi
- Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum: 21.7 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 22.2 mi
- Thayer County Museum: 24.4 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 3.1 mi
- Frager Field: 7.9 mi
- Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 24.4 mi
- Spring Ranch: 12.8 mi
- Abdal: 15.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:26 | 17:10 |
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 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clay CTR, 13 mi away.
- Common Buckeye1 obs
- Painted Lady1 obs
- Yellow Sweetclover1 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue1 obs
- Virginian Tiger Moth1 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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