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Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area

Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 856 m. Garfield Table stands 923 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln County Historical Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.16834, -100.78366

1.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National

Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Parks28

Fort McPherson Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park: 0.7 mi
Scouts Rest Historical Markers: 0.7 mi
Armory Park: 1.5 mi
Cody Park: 1.8 mi

Nature reserves21

Birdwood Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
Muskrat Run State Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
Birdwood Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
East Hershey Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
Fremont Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi

Attractions5

Fort Cody Trading Post: 3.9 mi
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
Crossing the Overland Trail Historical Marker: 16.4 mi
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker: 19.5 mi

Museums4

Lincoln County Historical Museum: 0.7 mi
Cody Park Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
North Platte Area Children's Museum: 2.4 mi
Fort Brady Museum: 23.9 mi

Rest areas4

Sutherland Rest Area Westbound: 16.1 mi
Sutherland Rest Area Eastbound: 16.4 mi
Brady Rest Area Westbound: 18.9 mi
Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 19.5 mi

Historic sites3

North Platte Depot/Canteen Memorial: 2.4 mi
Memorial Fire Hydrant: 15.0 mi
TEXACO Oil: 24.0 mi

Beaches2

Hole in the Wall Beach: 17.4 mi
Hershey Beach: 17.6 mi

Gardens1

Hershey Garden Belles: 11.4 mi

Peaks1

Garfield Table: 19.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Garfield Table	NE 42°	923 m	19.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:47	19:19	19:55
June solstice	06:11	20:38	21:20
September equinox	07:31	19:06	19:42
December solstice	08:06	16:34	17:18

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	26	29	40	48	59	70	76	73	64	50	37	28
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	3.4	3.5	3.2	2.6	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Platte Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Great Blue Heron13 obs
Ring-billed Gull12 obs
Canada Goose7 obs
Mallard5 obs
American Robin4 obs
Painted Turtle4 obs
White-tailed Deer4 obs
Eastern Cottontail4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/788940290

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