Park · Nebraska
Freeman Lake Federal Waterfowl Production Area
Freeman Lake Federal Waterfowl Production Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 485 m. The nearest named place is North Lake Basin State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 485 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.92918, -97.37394
84 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 44
- South Ball Park: 2.5 mi
- Conns Park: 3.0 mi
- North Ball Park: 3.4 mi
- Waco Municipal Park: 5.2 mi
- Gresham Municipal Park: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- North Lake Basin State Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Shypoke State Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Waco Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 5.6 mi
- Spikerush State Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Straight Water Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
Museums: 9
- Seward County Historical Society Museum: 10.4 mi
- Seward County Historical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Clayton Museum of Ancient History: 11.5 mi
- Anna Bemis Palmer Museum: 12.1 mi
- Nebraska National Guard Museum: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 8
- Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- The Light Sculpture: 14.8 mi
- Open Book Sculpture: 14.8 mi
- Boiler Breakout: 14.8 mi
- Creation Sculpture: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
- York Rest Area Westbound: 12.1 mi
- York Rest Area Eastbound: 15.9 mi
- Blue River Rest Area Eastbound: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Heartfelt Memorial: 14.8 mi
- War Memorial: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Smith Creek Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Sawyer: 24.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:21 | 17:05 |
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 | 24 | 28 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York 3N, 12 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron2 obs
- Western Sandpiper1 obs
- Short-billed Dowitcher1 obs
- Ruddy Turnstone1 obs
- Hudsonian Godwit1 obs
- Upland Sandpiper1 obs
- American Golden-Plover1 obs
- Western Meadowlark1 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.
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