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South Twin Lake State Wildlife Management Area

South Twin Lake State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

South Twin Lake State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 834 m. White Cap Hill stands 878 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is American Game Marsh State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 14 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31308, -100.11862

14 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Berry Park: 17.0 mi
  • Lakeland Sod High School Historical Marker: 18.0 mi
  • Brown County Park: 20.9 mi
  • East City Park: 21.3 mi
  • Park Cemetery: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Peaks: 1
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Cap HillNNE 24°878 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1619:53
June solstice06:0520:3921:21
September equinox07:2919:0319:40
December solstice08:0716:2617:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283040506070767466523929
Precip in0.50.81.42.64.24.23.12.92.41.80.80.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsmere 9 ENE, 11 mi away.

  • Northern Leopard Frog4 obs
  • thistle poppy1 obs
  • Great Plains false boneset1 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/697557057

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