Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area
Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 988 m. Rock Hill stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bowring Ranch State Historical Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 8 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
8 named places within 25 miles
- Bowring Ranch State Historical Park: 3.1 mi
- Hodson Memorial Park: 17.8 mi
- Brooks Memorial Park: 18.3 mi
- Opening the Sandhills Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
- Cody City Park: 21.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 23.4 mi
- Rock Hill: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | SW 232° | 1,083 m | 23.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | SSE 155° | 1,069 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merriman, 2 mi away.
- American Pickerel8 obs
- Blue Dasher3 obs
- American Robin2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- Brittle Pricklypear2 obs
- Dot-tailed Whiteface2 obs
- Wood Duck1 obs
- Orchard Oriole1 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/694459471
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