Colonial Acres Park
Colonial Acres Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Lawn Memorial Park Historical Marker, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 6.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 350 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
- Danish Vennelyst Park: 0.8 mi
- Forest Lawn Park: 0.8 mi
- Raven Oaks Park: 0.9 mi
- Bank of Florence Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- 'Welcome To Historic Florence' Mural: 1.0 mi
- Mural: 4.1 mi
- Omaha Lollipop: 4.2 mi
- Ascension: 5.1 mi
- IDEAL: 5.2 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 5.2 mi
- The Offut Manor: 5.2 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 5.5 mi
- Missles: 5.8 mi
- HH-52A Seaguard: 5.8 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 6.4 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Hitchcock Nature Center: 8.1 mi
- Gibson Bend: 8.7 mi
- Glacier Creek Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters: 0.8 mi
- Historic Florence Bank Museum: 1.0 mi
- Florence Mill Museum: 1.0 mi
- Historic Florence Depot Museum: 1.1 mi
- Omaha Home for the Boys Visitors Center and History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Heritage Garden: 5.4 mi
- Cafe Garden: 5.5 mi
- Entrance Garden: 5.5 mi
- Healing Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Canopies: 6.0 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Margaritaville: 16.5 mi
- Devil's Slide: 2.6 mi
- Boocker point: 8.4 mi
- De Soto: 12.1 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 15.7 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colonial Acres Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | W 274° | 361.12 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 53 | 40 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha #1, 3 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
- Monarch10 obs
- Groundhog8 obs
- Black Swallowtail8 obs
- Amur honeysuckle8 obs
- Ailanthus Webworm Moth8 obs
- Common Raccoon7 obs
- American pokeweed7 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/466278189
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 6 mi
- Council Bluffs · 8 mi
- Bellevue · 13 mi
- Papillion · 13 mi
- Missouri Valley · 16 mi
- Gretna · 19 mi
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