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Bemis Park

Bemis Park from directly overhead

Bemis Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26862, -95.96467

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 38
  • The Nature Conservancy: 2.2 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 4.3 mi
  • Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.3 mi
  • Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 5.5 mi
Museums: 35
Gardens: 18
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 23.1 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Boocker point: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bemis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointWNW 300°361.12 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4716:1416:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242941536474787668544029
Precip in0.70.91.83.24.74.43.64.63.02.31.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch139 obs
  • Black Swallowtail103 obs
  • American Robin87 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee87 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee83 obs
  • Northern Cardinal78 obs
  • House Sparrow78 obs
  • Western Honey Bee74 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/176912115

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