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Legion Park

Legion Park from directly overhead

Legion Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,196 m. Sixtysix Mountain stands 1,585 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gering Civic Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.82318, -103.66384
Around it

102 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
Peaks: 33
  • Dome Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Scotts Bluff: 2.1 mi
  • Crown Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Sentinel Rock: 2.6 mi
Museums: 7
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 1
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 1.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Scotts Spring: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone Fire Ring: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sixtysix MountainWSW 249°1,585 m23.5 mi
Hogback MountainSSW 198°1,545 m11.5 mi
Lovers Leap ButteSSW 192°1,500 m21.3 mi
The CulpWSW 251°1,495 m23.2 mi
Devils ArmchairWSW 253°1,474 m24.5 mi
Table Top MountainS 171°1,465 m19.6 mi
Double HumpWSW 253°1,462 m21.2 mi
The HatN 349°1,417 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5220:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2015:4316:27

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283039475667747263493728
Precip in0.30.51.01.72.92.81.71.21.31.30.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsbluff 1E, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Harvester Ant26 obs
  • little bluestem19 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove15 obs
  • Crested Wheatgrass15 obs
  • golden currant13 obs
  • Blue Jay11 obs
  • American Robin10 obs
  • Great Plains yucca10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/481186901

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