Thomas Creek Wildlife Management Area
Thomas Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 723 m. Antelope Peak stands 793 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McClain Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Outlaw Trail
32 named places within 25 miles
- Springview Park: 5.1 mi
- Keller Park State Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Bassett Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
- Long Pine State Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
- Keller Memorial Park: 15.6 mi
- McClain Hill: 0.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 7.0 mi
- Huddle Table: 11.7 mi
- Antelope Peak: 13.6 mi
- Ainsworth Table: 13.8 mi
- Fred Thomas Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Pine Glen State Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- Keller Park State Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Bobcat State Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Holt Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 13.5 mi
- Carns: 10.7 mi
- White Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Sellors-Barton Museum: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thomas Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Peak | WSW 240° | 793 m | 13.6 mi |
| Ainsworth Table | SSW 200° | 750 m | 13.8 mi |
| McClain Hill | W 278° | 729 m | 0.7 mi |
| Turtle Butte | NNW 340° | 712 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | N 356° | 711 m | 7.0 mi |
| Huddle Table | W 274° | 697 m | 11.7 mi |
| Nets Peak | NE 36° | 677 m | 17.9 mi |
| King Hill | E 84° | 578 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:14 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:38 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:22 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 24 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springview 2NW, 7 mi away.
- Plains Spadefoot1 obs
- American elm1 obs
- bur oak1 obs
- straw-colored flatsedge1 obs
- bottlebrush sedge1 obs
- hoary vervain1 obs
- lowland brittle fern1 obs
- Quillback1 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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