Blue Heron State Wildlife Management Area
Blue Heron State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 778 m. Schukar Table stands 927 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sod House Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 1.2 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 778 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
87 named places within 25 miles
- Ehmen Park: 1.8 mi
- E G West Park: 2.1 mi
- Lake Helen Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Swedish Crosses Cemetery Historical Marker: 4.9 mi
- East Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- East Gothenburg State Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- West Gothenburg State Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- West Cozad State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- Midway Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Cozad Memorial: 10.1 mi
- The 100th Meridian Historical Marker: 10.1 mi
- UP 25335: 10.1 mi
- COZAD: 10.2 mi
- Sod House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Gothenburg Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Pony Express Station Museum: 1.8 mi
- One Hundredth Meridian Museum: 10.1 mi
- Robert Henri Museum: 10.1 mi
- Rock Island Table: 16.3 mi
- Odencranze Table: 17.2 mi
- Hansen Table: 19.4 mi
- Redfern Table: 20.2 mi
- Schukar Table: 21.0 mi
- Cozad Rest Area Westbound: 15.4 mi
- Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 17.3 mi
- Brady Rest Area Westbound: 17.9 mi
- North Shore: 21.0 mi
- Mallard Beach: 22.1 mi
- East Shore: 22.5 mi
- Wyoming Rainbow: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 10.1 mi
- Ingham: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Heron State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schukar Table | N 9° | 927 m | 21.0 mi |
| Odencranze Table | N 353° | 914 m | 17.2 mi |
| Hansen Table | NNE 25° | 909 m | 19.4 mi |
| Rock Island Table | NNE 12° | 903 m | 16.3 mi |
| Stop Table | NNE 15° | 886 m | 21.9 mi |
| Redfern Table | NE 38° | 877 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:17 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:35 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:32 | 17:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gothenburg, 2 mi away.
- common reed7 obs
- great mullein5 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel4 obs
- common milkweed3 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug3 obs
- hoary vervain3 obs
- House Sparrow2 obs
- European Starling2 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/357783096
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