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Goldenrod Park

Goldenrod Park from directly overhead

Goldenrod Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 350 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilder Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 6.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.17800, -95.97587

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Support Our Troops: 2.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Papillion Boy Scouts' Cabin: 3.9 mi
  • Float Plane: 4.2 mi
  • Milacek Monument Co Inc: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • Giant Chicken: 2.4 mi
  • Lion's Pride: 4.1 mi
  • Stingray Fountain: 4.1 mi
  • Mammoth: 4.2 mi
  • Green Land Rover: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 54
Nature reserves: 37
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 18.3 mi
Peaks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointNW 323°361.12 m14.4 mi
King HillSSE 158°359 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4716:1516:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232739516271767366533928
Precip in0.91.21.83.44.85.03.74.03.12.51.31.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 7E, 8 mi away.

  • dandelions43 obs
  • Wild Turkey20 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • henbit deadnettle17 obs
  • Northern Cardinal14 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel13 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole11 obs
  • Blue Jay10 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/189308793

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