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Blizzard of 1888 Historical Marker

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Elevation: 482 m
Nearest byway: Heritage Highway26.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:04local time
Coordinates: 40.5247, -97.3873

Blizzard of 1888 Historical Marker from directly overhead

Blizzard of 1888 Historical Marker is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded 482 m. The nearest named place is Swan Creek State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 7.2 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 26 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

Elevation: 482 m

On the road

26.1 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

71 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves28

Swan Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
Green Top Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
Divoky Acres State Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
Hidden Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
Dry Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi

Parks27

Burley Park: 9.7 mi
Friend Park: 9.9 mi
Western City Park: 13.5 mi
Bruning Army Air Field Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
Dorchester City Park: 16.6 mi

Museums8

Tobias Community Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
Fillmore County Museum: 12.9 mi
Saline County Museum: 16.5 mi
Thayer County Museum: 20.7 mi
Wilber Czech Museum: 22.6 mi

Historic sites3

Bruning Army Airfield: 13.0 mi
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 20.7 mi
Swan City Historical Marker: 23.9 mi

Rest areas2

York Rest Area Westbound: 22.4 mi
York Rest Area Eastbound: 24.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Sawyer: 8.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Smith Creek Recreation Area: 19.5 mi

Artworks1

Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 22.5 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:06	19:42
June solstice	06:00	20:23	21:04
September equinox	07:18	18:52	19:28
December solstice	07:50	16:23	17:07

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	27	31	42	53	63	73	76	74	67	55	41	30
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.9	4.1	3.6	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva, 11 mi away.

Sources

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