Nature reserve · Nebraska
Yellowbanks State Wildlife Management Area
Yellowbanks State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 486 m. The nearest named place is Koopman Park, a park 2.7 miles away. 46 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.04412, -97.66117
46 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 36
- Koopman Park: 2.7 mi
- Meadow Grove Historical Marker: 3.5 mi
- Wayside Park: 3.7 mi
- Meadow Grove Victory Park: 3.9 mi
- Heritage Park: 4.7 mi
Museums: 5
- Meadow Grove Museum: 4.0 mi
- Elkhorn Valley Museum and Research Center: 12.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society Museum: 18.2 mi
- Antelope County Museum: 19.8 mi
- Klown Doll Museum: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Oak Valley State Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Wood Duck State Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Red-Wing State Wildlife Management Area: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Verges Park Historical Marker: 12.5 mi
- Memorial of White Buffalo Girl: 19.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:28 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 4W, 9 mi away.
- Monarch11 obs
- common milkweed4 obs
- hairy vetch4 obs
- prairie sunflower4 obs
- Camphorweed4 obs
- Fourpoint Evening Primrose4 obs
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- Carolina horsenettle3 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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