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McLellan Park

McLellan Park from directly overhead

McLellan Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 1,188 m. Sixtysix Mountain stands 1,585 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Platte Valley Museum, a museum 0.5 miles away. Western Trails Scenic and Historic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1188 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.81503, -103.65288
Around it

103 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
Peaks: 34
  • Dome Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Scotts Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Crown Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 3.1 mi
  • Sentinel Rock: 3.3 mi
Museums: 7
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 1
  • Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains: 1.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Scotts Spring: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone Fire Ring: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sixtysix MountainWSW 251°1,585 m23.9 mi
Hogback MountainSSW 202°1,545 m11.1 mi
Lovers Leap ButteSSW 194°1,500 m20.8 mi
The CulpWSW 253°1,495 m23.5 mi
Devils ArmchairWSW 254°1,474 m24.9 mi
Table Top MountainS 172°1,465 m19.0 mi
Double HumpWSW 254°1,462 m21.6 mi
The HatNNW 348°1,417 m18.7 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Harvester Ant25 obs
  • little bluestem19 obs
  • Crested Wheatgrass15 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove14 obs
  • golden currant13 obs
  • Blue Jay10 obs
  • House Sparrow9 obs
  • Western Honey Bee9 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/1190303796

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