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Eaton Field

Eaton Field from directly overhead

Eaton Field is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 428 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Graves Library Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 19 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26901, -96.86519

Overlooks nearby

78 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Graves Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wayne Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
  • Lions Club Park: 6.7 mi
  • Emerson Municipal Pool: 7.1 mi
  • City Park: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 3
  • Blue Ox: 13.7 mi
  • Train Caboose: 20.1 mi
  • Bell: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Harp: 7.1 mi
  • Towers of Time: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood HillN 360°468 m14.1 mi
Lookout HillNNE 19°411 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5220:2621:08
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5416:1316:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212537496070737164513624
Precip in0.70.91.73.34.15.03.13.73.02.51.41.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wakefield 3NW, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin2 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail2 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove1 obs
  • Common Raccoon1 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx1 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood1 obs
  • common hackberry1 obs
  • Small White1 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/357789171

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