Leavenworth Park
Leavenworth Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dewey Park: 0.3 mi
- Park East: 0.6 mi
- Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Hanscom Park: 0.7 mi
- Medical Center Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Velocity: 0.4 mi
- Folded Square Alphabet Q: 0.6 mi
- Hope Tower: 0.6 mi
- Rock, Paper, Scissors: 0.6 mi
- Healing: 0.7 mi
- President Gerald R Ford Birthsite: 0.4 mi
- War Mother's Memorial: 0.5 mi
- George and Sarah Joslyn Home historical marker: 0.8 mi
- Among the Valiant: 1.3 mi
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : "I've Been to the Mountain Top": 1.3 mi
- The Offut Manor: 0.8 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 0.8 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 1.9 mi
- Prairie Dogs: 2.5 mi
- Model Railroad: 2.5 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 1.1 mi
- Joslyn Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Black Americana Museum: 1.6 mi
- Durham Museum: 1.8 mi
- Great Plains Black History Museum: 2.1 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 1.7 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 3.2 mi
- Gibson Bend: 3.4 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 4.5 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Healing Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 0.8 mi
- Cafe Garden: 1.1 mi
- Entrance Garden: 1.1 mi
- Canopies: 1.6 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Margaritaville: 12.8 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Devil's Slide: 8.2 mi
- Queen Hill: 22.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.0 mi
- De Soto: 17.9 mi
- Riverside: 23.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 9.9 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 22.3 mi
- Boocker point: 11.3 mi
- King Hill: 24.8 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 19.9 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leavenworth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NW 305° | 361.12 m | 11.3 mi |
| King Hill | SSE 164° | 359 m | 24.8 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 | 18:46 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Monarch167 obs
- House Sparrow106 obs
- American Robin101 obs
- Black Swallowtail93 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee88 obs
- Northern Cardinal81 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee80 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel75 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/186429526
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 2 mi
- Council Bluffs · 5 mi
- Bellevue · 7 mi
- Papillion · 8 mi
- Gretna · 17 mi
- Missouri Valley · 22 mi
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