Calamus Reservoir State Recreation and Wildlife Management Area
Calamus Reservoir State Recreation and Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 678 m. Divide Hill stands 763 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off. 20 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
20 named places within 25 miles
- Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Valleyview Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
- North Loup Project Historical Marker: 5.2 mi
- Calamus Valley Historical Marker: 5.2 mi
- Kent Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Windy Hill: 9.3 mi
- Divide Hill: 14.6 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Log Cabin Museum: 9.6 mi
- Garfield County Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Calamus Reservoir State Recreation and Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divide Hill | SSW 197° | 763 m | 14.6 mi |
| Windy Hill | ESE 122° | 725 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:13 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:34 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:25 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 57 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taylor, 10 mi away.
- American White Pelican7 obs
- Spotted Bird Grasshopper6 obs
- Cole's Bush Cicada4 obs
- Painted Turtle3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Canada Goose2 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird2 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 way/692619558
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