Bancroft Park
Bancroft Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 417 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
82 named places within 25 miles
- Bancroft Historical Marker: 1.1 mi
- Brink Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Lyons Ballpark: 7.1 mi
- Lyons City Park: 7.1 mi
- Burlington Park: 7.3 mi
- John G Neihardt State Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Museum of Thurston County: 10.1 mi
- Cuming County Historical Society Museum Complex: 13.4 mi
- Wisner Heritage Museum: 17.4 mi
- O'Connor House Museum Complex: 21.8 mi
- Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Omaha Mission Bend Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi
- Ivy Island Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Upper Monona Bend Wildlife Area: 16.6 mi
- Mission Bend: 17.6 mi
- Tank: 6.9 mi
- Caboose: 7.3 mi
- Blue Ox: 9.8 mi
- Bell: 13.3 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 17.2 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 17.2 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 17.3 mi
- The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 23.8 mi
- Harp: 20.5 mi
- Tree Shelter: 21.4 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bancroft Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | ENE 71° | 426 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:13 | 16:59 |
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 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walthill 1E, 11 mi away.
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Mourning Dove1 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1 obs
- dandelions1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- eastern redcedar1 obs
- Bumble Bees1 obs
- giant blue sage1 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/447856491
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