Ecology Park
Ecology Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 785 m. Rustlers Roost stands 915 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandhills Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Outlaw Trail runs past it. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 785 m
How to reach it
- On the Outlaw Trail
- 1.0 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
23 named places within 25 miles
- Colburn Park: 0.4 mi
- Valentine City Park: 0.5 mi
- Valentine Trailhead Park: 0.7 mi
- Bryan Bridge Historical Marker: 3.5 mi
- Niobrara Walking Trail: 4.1 mi
- Frederick Peak: 1.6 mi
- Rustlers Roost: 13.7 mi
- Flattop: 14.0 mi
- Sandhills Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cherry County Historical Society Museum: 0.9 mi
- Smith Falls: 11.5 mi
- Snake River Falls: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ecology Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustlers Roost | SW 221° | 915 m | 13.7 mi |
| Frederick Peak | NE 45° | 813 m | 1.6 mi |
| Flattop | ENE 63° | 807 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:42 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 38 | 47 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 49 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine #1, under a mile away.
- American Dog Tick8 obs
- bur oak8 obs
- Canada Goose6 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel6 obs
- smooth sumac6 obs
- Great Plains yucca6 obs
- Painted Turtle5 obs
- European Mantis4 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/628162369
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