Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area
Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 898 m. Rustlers Roost stands 915 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area, a park 1.5 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 22 miles off. 13 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 898 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Outlaw Trail
13 named places within 25 miles
- Merritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Anderson Bridge State Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Big Alkali State Wildlife Management Area: 15.0 mi
- Rat and Beaver Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Willow Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Merry Land Park: 5.4 mi
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge: 16.0 mi
- Bryan Bridge Historical Marker: 24.8 mi
- Snake River Falls: 5.5 mi
- Rustlers Roost: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustlers Roost | NE 46° | 915 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:48 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:28 | 17:14 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine NWR, 11 mi away.
- upright prairie coneflower4 obs
- Ten-lined June Beetle4 obs
- black-eyed Susan3 obs
- large-flowered beardtongue3 obs
- Gopher Snake2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- Common Wood-Nymph2 obs
- western poison ivy2 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 node/357777013
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