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Bloomfield Recreation Area

Bloomfield Recreation Area from directly overhead

Bloomfield Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 379 m. Maidens Leap stands 394 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tabor Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.83929, -97.64076

64 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 4
Museums: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Pebble Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Hobie Cat Beach: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maidens LeapWSW 250°394 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0619:43
June solstice05:5320:3021:13
September equinox07:1918:5219:30
December solstice07:5916:1417:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202436485970747264503624
Precip in0.60.91.63.64.04.33.33.13.22.61.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crofton, 10 mi away.

  • green comet milkweed3 obs
  • rock elm2 obs
  • snow-on-the-mountain2 obs
  • compass plant2 obs
  • Common Lagoon Fly2 obs
  • leadplant2 obs
  • Nine-anther Prairie Clover2 obs
  • silvery scurfpea2 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/656699634

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