Nature reserve · Nebraska

Wanamaker State Wildlife Management Area

Wanamaker State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Wanamaker State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,006 m. Old Baldy stands 1,026 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Max Addition Park, a park 1.4 miles away. 11 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates40.54061, -101.66099

Around it

11 named places within 25 miles

Parks7

Max Addition Park: 1.4 mi
West Park: 1.7 mi
Imperial City Park: 1.7 mi
Schroeder Park: 2.3 mi
Champion Hill Historic Park: 6.7 mi

Museums2

Chase County Museum: 6.7 mi
Perkins County Museum: 21.3 mi

Historic sites1

Champion Water Powered Mill Historical Marker: 6.8 mi

Peaks1

Old Baldy: 14.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Old Baldy	SSW 198°	1,026 m	14.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:51	18:23	18:59
June solstice	05:17	19:40	20:21
September equinox	06:35	18:10	18:46
December solstice	07:07	15:40	16:24

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	27	30	39	48	59	70	75	73	64	50	38	28
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.0	3.2	3.3	2.9	2.5	1.4	1.6	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imperial, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Turkey Vulture1 obs
Mississippi Kite1 obs
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck1 obs
American Robin1 obs
Eastern Fox Squirrel1 obs
White-lined Sphinx1 obs
white mulberry1 obs
plains coreopsis1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/808951208

More nature reserves in Nebraska

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Wanamaker State Wildlife Management Area.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.