Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area
Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 404 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wynot City Park, a park 3.9 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
92 named places within 25 miles
- Wynot City Park: 3.9 mi
- Clay County Park: 4.7 mi
- Obert Park: 5.6 mi
- Mulberry Bend Overlook: 7.8 mi
- Barstow Park: 8.1 mi
- Spirit Mound: 10.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 13.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 13.4 mi
- Volcano Hill: 14.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 15.1 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 12.7 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 8.2 mi
- National Music Museum: 8.8 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 9.0 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum: 19.1 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 21.0 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 8.8 mi
- HyVee Garden: 9.1 mi
- Calumet Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Hobie Cat Beach: 21.9 mi
- Emmet: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SSE 149° | 468 m | 22.6 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | ESE 112° | 430 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | ESE 111° | 429 m | 13.0 mi |
| Indian Hill | ESE 111° | 426 m | 15.1 mi |
| Lookout Hill | ESE 119° | 411 m | 22.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 108° | 395 m | 13.4 mi |
| Spirit Mound | NE 40° | 390 m | 10.8 mi |
| Volcano Hill | ESE 108° | 382 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:28 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:12 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 9 mi away.
- Canada Violet6 obs
- hoary puccoon4 obs
- Sand Hammertail4 obs
- Bank Swallow3 obs
- red columbine3 obs
- great mullein3 obs
- Great Plains yucca3 obs
- Virginia waterleaf3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/654416831
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