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Centennial Park

Centennial Park from directly overhead

Centennial Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 854 m. Garfield Table stands 923 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Cody Trading Post, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles.

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Coordinates41.11983, -100.77542

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

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks28

Orabella Park: 0.8 mi
Interstate Park: 1.1 mi
St. Mary's park: 1.4 mi
Kriz Park: 1.4 mi
Memorial Park: 1.6 mi

Nature reserves22

Birdwood Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
Fremont Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
Birdwood Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
Platte State Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
East Hershey Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi

Attractions5

Fort Cody Trading Post: 0.8 mi
Great Platte River Road Historical Marker: 16.4 mi
Crossing the Overland Trail Historical Marker: 16.8 mi
Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker: 17.1 mi
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker: 17.7 mi

Museums4

North Platte Area Children's Museum: 1.3 mi
Cody Park Railroad Museum: 2.3 mi
Lincoln County Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
Fort Brady Museum: 22.3 mi

Rest areas4

Sutherland Rest Area Westbound: 16.4 mi
Sutherland Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi
Brady Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 17.7 mi

Historic sites3

North Platte Depot/Canteen Memorial: 1.6 mi
Memorial Fire Hydrant: 13.5 mi
TEXACO Oil: 22.4 mi

Beaches2

Hole in the Wall Beach: 17.4 mi
Hershey Beach: 17.5 mi

Gardens1

Hershey Garden Belles: 12.1 mi

Peaks1

Garfield Table: 21.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Garfield Table	NE 36°	923 m	21.8 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	38	47	57	68	74	72	64	50	37	27
Precip in	0.3	0.5	1.0	2.3	3.5	3.7	3.0	2.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Platte EXP Farm, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

American Robin14 obs
Eurasian Collared-Dove12 obs
Common Grackle12 obs
Mississippi Kite9 obs
Great-tailed Grackle6 obs
House Sparrow6 obs
Western Kingbird6 obs
field bindweed6 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/461244449

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