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West Brady State Wildlife Management Area

West Brady State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

West Brady State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 811 m. Tallin Table stands 932 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chester Island State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates41.01583, -100.41762

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • Palmer Park: 2.6 mi
  • Nebraska Gateway Sculpture: 2.9 mi
  • Jeffrey Lake Recreation: 4.0 mi
  • Brittenham Park: 6.9 mi
  • Brittenham Field Entrance: 6.9 mi
Museums: 7
Peaks: 6
Historic sites: 4
  • TEXACO Oil: 2.7 mi
  • Memorial Fire Hydrant: 6.9 mi
  • Etna: 14.7 mi
  • North Platte Depot/Canteen Memorial: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 2.2 mi
  • Brady Rest Area Westbound: 2.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wyoming Rainbow: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tallin TableNNE 32°932 m21.4 mi
Schukar TableNE 51°927 m21.2 mi
Odencranze TableNE 48°914 m14.5 mi
Hansen TableENE 64°909 m23.5 mi
Rock Island TableENE 62°903 m18.5 mi
Stop TableNE 54°886 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1819:54
June solstice06:1020:3621:18
September equinox07:3019:0419:41
December solstice08:0416:3317:17

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273041506070767465523828
Precip in0.40.71.12.53.83.73.12.41.71.80.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brady, 3 mi away.

  • wild teasel3 obs
  • Red Clover2 obs
  • common motherwort2 obs
  • blue water-speedwell2 obs
  • velvetleaf2 obs
  • daisy fleabane2 obs
  • Woolly Plantain2 obs
  • purple crownvetch2 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/791870951

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