Atkinson State Recreation Area
Atkinson State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 637 m. King Hill stands 578 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sturdevant-McKee Museum, a museum 1.3 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 25 miles off. 16 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Outlaw Trail
16 named places within 25 miles
- Stuart Municipal Park: 8.6 mi
- Spring Valley Park Historical Marker: 17.4 mi
- Schaffer Park: 18.4 mi
- Ford Park: 18.5 mi
- Lions Kiddie Park: 18.7 mi
- Sturdevant-McKee Museum: 1.3 mi
- White Horse Museum: 8.3 mi
- Gil Poese Recreational Area: 19.1 mi
- Dry Creek Wildlife Management Area: 21.6 mi
- King Hill: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Atkinson State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | NW 316° | 578 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:11 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:35 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:21 | 17:06 |
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 | 24 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atkinson 3SW, 2 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Harris's Sparrow1 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird1 obs
- Eastern Bluebird1 obs
- prickly cucumber1 obs
- European Mantis1 obs
- straw-colored flatsedge1 obs
- Brittle Pricklypear1 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/680181316
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