Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area
Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 368 m. Council Hill stands 567 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Maidens Leap, a peak 0.6 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
52 named places within 25 miles
- Ferry Landing State Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Ponca Tribe Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Sage Brothers Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Niobrara State Park: 5.5 mi
- Emanuel Creek Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Niobrara State Park: 5.7 mi
- Bohemia Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
- John Emerson Wildlife Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Greenvale State Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Maidens Leap: 0.6 mi
- Stony Butte: 14.8 mi
- Council Hill: 23.5 mi
- Ponca Tribe Museum: 4.1 mi
- Verdigre Heritage Museum: 12.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 19.4 mi
- Hobie Cat Beach: 24.3 mi
- Yankton Sioux Monument: 24.4 mi
- Mars: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bazile Creek State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Hill | S 184° | 567 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stony Butte | WSW 242° | 515 m | 14.8 mi |
| Maidens Leap | SSE 158° | 394 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:16 | 17:02 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niobrara, 5 mi away.
- whorled milkweed2 obs
- Lateral-lined Water Beetle2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- American Woodcock1 obs
- Merlin1 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 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 node/357789883
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