Hitchcock Park
Hitchcock Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Morton Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 326 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Morton Park: 0.5 mi
- Christie Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Pulaski Park: 0.8 mi
- Bob Campos Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
- Essex Park: 1.0 mi
- Giant Chicken: 1.6 mi
- Lion's Pride: 2.9 mi
- Stingray Fountain: 2.9 mi
- Mammoth: 3.1 mi
- UNMC Campus Gateway Garden: 3.2 mi
- Milacek Monument Co Inc: 2.5 mi
- President Gerald R Ford Birthsite: 2.8 mi
- Float Plane: 3.0 mi
- Patrick Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Bosco: 3.6 mi
- Okapi: 2.9 mi
- Grewcock Elephant Habitat: 2.9 mi
- Kopje Outcropping: 2.9 mi
- Meerkats: 2.9 mi
- Kiewit Corporation Giraffe, White Rhino, Ostrich, & Impala Habitat: 3.0 mi
- El Museo Latino: 1.6 mi
- Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum: 2.0 mi
- Black Americana Museum: 3.6 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 3.8 mi
- Durham Museum: 4.1 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 2.0 mi
- Gibson Bend: 3.7 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 3.8 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 4.0 mi
- Jewell Park: 5.8 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Healing Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 3.6 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 3.9 mi
- SoMA Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Canopies: 4.3 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Margaritaville: 12.8 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Devil's Slide: 11.3 mi
- Queen Hill: 20.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Rock Bluff: 20.3 mi
- De Soto: 20.7 mi
- Riverside: 21.0 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 19.5 mi
- Boocker point: 12.8 mi
- King Hill: 22.1 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 17.6 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hitchcock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NW 319° | 361.12 m | 12.8 mi |
| King Hill | SSE 159° | 359 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 8 mi away.
- Monarch30 obs
- henbit deadnettle18 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle16 obs
- Northern Cardinal15 obs
- House Sparrow13 obs
- Black Swallowtail12 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 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/186427173
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 3 mi
- Bellevue · 4 mi
- Papillion · 5 mi
- Council Bluffs · 7 mi
- Gretna · 15 mi
- Missouri Valley · 25 mi
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