Laurel City Park
Laurel City Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 450 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Lions Club Park Campground, a park 0.4 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 18 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 450 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Outlaw Trail
77 named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Lions Club Park Campground: 0.4 mi
- Laurel Lions Club Park: 0.4 mi
- Central Park: 4.7 mi
- Belden Park: 6.2 mi
- Rabdau Park: 6.4 mi
- Thompson-Barnes State Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 11.7 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 21.5 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 21.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 21.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 22.3 mi
- Train Caboose: 6.2 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
- Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 19.0 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 12.4 mi
- Wayne County Museum: 13.7 mi
- Graves Library Museum: 15.7 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
- Winside Museum: 18.1 mi
- Harp: 20.9 mi
- Towers of Time: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laurel City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | ENE 74° | 468 m | 11.7 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | NE 40° | 430 m | 21.8 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NNE 33° | 429 m | 21.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | NE 39° | 426 m | 21.9 mi |
| Lookout Hill | ENE 58° | 411 m | 22.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NE 34° | 395 m | 22.3 mi |
| Volcano Hill | NE 36° | 382 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:14 | 16:59 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord, 6 mi away.
- honey locust2 obs
- American Softshells1 obs
- Catnip1 obs
- field bindweed1 obs
- ribwort plantain1 obs
- silver maple1 obs
- white mulberry1 obs
- Redroot Amaranth1 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/545319787
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