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East Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area

East Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

East Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 765 m. Schukar Table stands 927 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
765 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87029, -100.05401

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 7
Peaks: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Cozad Rest Area Westbound: 9.0 mi
  • Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 23.7 mi
  • Brady Rest Area Westbound: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Shelter: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wyoming Rainbow: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Willow Island State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schukar TableN 354°927 m23.5 mi
Odencranze TableNNW 338°914 m21.3 mi
Hansen TableN 6°909 m20.4 mi
Rock Island TableN 352°903 m18.8 mi
Stop TableN 359°886 m23.8 mi
Redfern TableNNE 20°877 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1619:53
June solstice06:0920:3521:16
September equinox07:2819:0319:39
December solstice08:0216:3217:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283041506071767365523929
Precip in0.40.61.12.74.13.73.43.31.71.90.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gothenburg, 7 mi away.

  • Yellowish Bird-dropping Moth3 obs
  • Canada Goose1 obs
  • Grasshopper Sparrow1 obs
  • Barn Swallow1 obs
  • Western Kingbird1 obs
  • Red-headed Woodpecker1 obs
  • common reed1 obs
  • American Bullfrog1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357783086

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