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Brickyard Park

Brickyard Park from directly overhead

Brickyard Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 585 m. Topeka Peak stands 638 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
585 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.57650, -98.40883

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 18
Attractions: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Grand Island Rest Area Eastbound: 17.6 mi
  • Grand Island Rest Area Westbound: 18.0 mi
Peaks: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Topeka PeakNW 313°638 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1019:46
June solstice06:0420:2721:09
September equinox07:2218:5619:33
December solstice07:5516:2717:10

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263041516273777566534029
Precip in0.60.71.32.74.43.73.63.42.12.01.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings Muni AP, 2 mi away.

  • Painted Lady10 obs
  • great mullein9 obs
  • buffalo-bur8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • Cannabis6 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel5 obs
  • common milkweed5 obs
  • common motherwort5 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/59415912

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