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Fort McPherson Historical Marker

Fort McPherson Historical Marker from directly overhead

Fort McPherson Historical Marker is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 828 m. Tallin Table stands 932 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pawnee Slough State Wildlife Management, Parks & Recreational Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway runs past it. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 828 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.08390, -100.53688

On the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National

Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks31

Brittenham Field Entrance: 0.9 mi
Brittenham Park: 0.9 mi
Nebraska Gateway Sculpture: 4.9 mi
Sioux Lookout Historical Monument: 5.9 mi
Palmer Park: 9.6 mi

Nature reserves20

Pawnee Slough State Wildlife Management, Parks & Recreational Area: 0.2 mi
West Maxwell Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Box Elder Canyon State Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
Cottonwood Canyon State Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
Platte State Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi

Museums7

Fort Brady Museum: 9.8 mi
Cody Park Railroad Museum: 12.1 mi
North Platte Area Children's Museum: 12.4 mi
Lincoln County Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
Pony Express Station Museum: 22.3 mi

Peaks5

Odencranze Table: 17.7 mi
Garfield Table: 20.2 mi
Tallin Table: 22.2 mi
Rock Island Table: 22.9 mi
Schukar Table: 24.3 mi

Historic sites4

Memorial Fire Hydrant: 0.9 mi
TEXACO Oil: 9.9 mi
North Platte Depot/Canteen Memorial: 12.2 mi
Etna: 18.5 mi

Attractions3

Fort McPherson and North Platte Historical Marker: 4.9 mi
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
Fort Cody Trading Post: 11.9 mi

Rest areas2

Brady Rest Area Westbound: 5.0 mi
Brady Rest Area Eastbound: 5.6 mi

Artworks1

Wyoming Rainbow: 22.3 mi

Gardens1

Hershey Garden Belles: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Tallin Table	NE 53°	932 m	22.2 mi
Schukar Table	ENE 69°	927 m	24.3 mi
Garfield Table	N 1°	923 m	20.2 mi
Odencranze Table	ENE 74°	914 m	17.7 mi
Rock Island Table	E 80°	903 m	22.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:46	19:18	19:54
June solstice	06:11	20:37	21:19
September equinox	07:30	19:05	19:41
December solstice	08:05	16:33	17:17

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	26	29	40	48	59	70	76	73	64	50	37	28
Precip in	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.3	3.4	3.5	3.2	2.6	1.6	1.6	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Platte Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Woodhouse's Toad2 obs
Curlycup Gumweed2 obs
Ring-billed Gull1 obs
Canada Goose1 obs
Red-headed Woodpecker1 obs
Common Raccoon1 obs
dandelions1 obs
Red Clover1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357779253

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