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Erskine Park

Erskine Park from directly overhead

Erskine Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 342 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Yale Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28005, -95.96887

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Omaha Lollipop: 1.1 mi
  • Velocity: 1.7 mi
  • Yellow Ascending: 1.7 mi
  • Rock, Paper, Scissors: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 59
Nature reserves: 39
  • The Nature Conservancy: 2.8 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 5.0 mi
  • Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 5.1 mi
  • Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 6.3 mi
Museums: 36
Gardens: 18
  • Heritage Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Cafe Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Healing Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Entrance Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Benson Community Garden: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Boocker point: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointWNW 297°361.12 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4716:1416:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242941536474787668544029
Precip in0.70.91.83.24.74.43.64.63.02.31.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 4 mi away.

  • Monarch123 obs
  • Black Swallowtail95 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee80 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee68 obs
  • American Robin65 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail56 obs
  • Western Honey Bee53 obs
  • House Sparrow52 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 way/1349291171

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