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Medicine Creek State Wildlife Management and Recreation Area

Medicine Creek State Wildlife Management and Recreation Area from directly overhead

Medicine Creek State Wildlife Management and Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 747 m. The nearest named place is Cambridge City Park, a park 11 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 27 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Getting there

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Coordinates40.42635, -100.25903

27.3 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

38 named places within 25 miles

Parks24

Cambridge City Park: 10.8 mi
Stockville Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
Mallalieu University Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Marker: 14.8 mi
Holbrook City Park: 15.6 mi

Nature reserves7

Cambridge Diversion Dam Wildlife Managment Area: 12.2 mi
Burton's Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
Burton's Bend Wildlife Management Area: 13.6 mi
Burton's Bend Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
Red Willow Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area: 17.9 mi

Museums3

Historic sites2

McCook Army Airfield: 24.1 mi
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker: 24.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Ingham: 21.6 mi

Rest areas1

Harry Strunk Memorial Rest Area: 22.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:45	19:17	19:53
June solstice	06:12	20:34	21:15
September equinox	07:29	19:04	19:40
December solstice	08:01	16:35	17:18

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	26	29	39	48	59	70	75	73	65	51	38	28
Precip in	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	3.9	3.3	2.8	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine Creek DAM, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/794908394

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