Park · Nebraska
McNish Park
McNish Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 420 m. The nearest named place is Fairbury City Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Heritage Highway runs past it. 67 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Coordinates40.14436, -97.17389
- On the Heritage Highway
67 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 33
- City Park: 1.0 mi
- Crystal Springs Park: 2.0 mi
- Jansen Historical Marker: 4.3 mi
- Rose Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Buckley Creek State Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
- Professional Surveyors Of The United States: 14.3 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 14.3 mi
- Sixth Principal Meridian: 14.3 mi
- Oregon Trail Marker: 16.8 mi
- Bruning Army Airfield: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Flathead Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Leisure Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Meridian State Wildlife Management Area: 13.0 mi
- Washington State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 15.0 mi
- Saline County Easment State Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
Museums: 7
- Fairbury City Museum: 0.7 mi
- Rock Island Depot Railroad Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Homestead National Monument Heritage Center: 20.8 mi
- Tobias Community Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- Library Arboretum: 24.8 mi
- Library Arboretum: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 1
- Underbridge Mario: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 1
- Hollenberg Pony Express Station Visitor Center: 24.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:21 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:24 | 17:07 |
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 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairbury 5S, 5 mi away.
- Fragile Papershell7 obs
- Fish Crow5 obs
- Turkey Vulture4 obs
- Common Watersnake4 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel3 obs
- Northern Parula3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird2 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.
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