Applewood Heights Park
Applewood Heights Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Heights Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Heights Park: 0.4 mi
- Brookhaven Park: 0.6 mi
- Roxbury Park: 0.7 mi
- Cimarron Woods Trail: 0.7 mi
- Mockingbird Hills Community Center: 0.9 mi
- Cape II (Cape Two): 1.5 mi
- Hammerjack: 1.6 mi
- Zorbus: 1.6 mi
- JK: 1.6 mi
- Railroad Spikes: 2.4 mi
- Papillion Boy Scouts' Cabin: 3.5 mi
- Patrick Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Millard Oaks Entrance: 4.2 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 5.9 mi
- The Offut Manor: 7.1 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 7.1 mi
- West Omaha Rock: 7.7 mi
- Okapi: 8.1 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Park: 5.3 mi
- Pacific Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Sergeant Mad Bear: 6.1 mi
- Bluestem Prairie Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Garden of the Bible: 5.2 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 5.5 mi
- Electrical Safety: 5.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.7 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Canopies: 8.7 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Margaritaville: 17.9 mi
- Devil's Slide: 13.5 mi
- Queen Hill: 21.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Riverside: 15.9 mi
- De Soto: 21.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Boocker point: 10.7 mi
- King Hill: 23.9 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 11.2 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 15.6 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 12.8 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 15.6 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Applewood Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NNW 343° | 361.12 m | 10.7 mi |
| King Hill | SSE 147° | 359 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:15 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gretna, 10 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee14 obs
- Wild Turkey13 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel13 obs
- Northern Cardinal12 obs
- Monarch11 obs
- Black Swallowtail9 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee9 obs
- American Robin8 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/184260338
Day trips start here
- Papillion · 4 mi
- Omaha · 6 mi
- Bellevue · 8 mi
- Gretna · 10 mi
- Council Bluffs · 12 mi
- Missouri Valley · 27 mi
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