DLD State Recreation Area
DLD State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 578 m. Topeka Peak stands 638 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Naval Ammunition Depot Historical Marker, a park 2.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 578 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Naval Ammunition Depot Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
- Rader Park: 4.1 mi
- Hastings dog park: 4.1 mi
- Fergus Park: 4.3 mi
- Hastings College Arboretum: 4.5 mi
- Ayr Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Harvard Waterfowl Production Area: 6.6 mi
- Glenvil Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 8.3 mi
- Whitefront Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Kissinger Basin State Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Frager Field: 15.2 mi
- Martin Brothers Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Martin Brothers Historical Marker: 18.2 mi
- Indian Raids Historical Marker: 21.0 mi
- Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Crosier Asmat Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater: 5.5 mi
- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer: 21.1 mi
- Plainsman Museum: 24.6 mi
- Hastings Central Park Fountain: 5.3 mi
- Chatauqua Pavilion: 6.4 mi
- Big Bird House: 11.4 mi
- Spring Ranch: 12.5 mi
- Rosedale: 13.2 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Westbound: 16.6 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.2 mi
- Stolley Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Ermas Desire Sculpture: 16.7 mi
- Topeka Peak: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of DLD State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Peak | WNW 298° | 638 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:27 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:26 | 17:10 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings 4N, 7 mi away.
- American Robin1 obs
- Striped Skunk1 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood1 obs
- Longleaf Pondweed1 obs
- Cannabis1 obs
- plains coreopsis1 obs
- upright prairie coneflower1 obs
- Domestic Cat1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/290253548
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