Mirdan Canal State Wildlife Management Area
Mirdan Canal State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 664 m. Boggs Table stands 787 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield County Historical Museum, a museum 2.9 miles away. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway runs past it. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 664 m
How to reach it
- On the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
25 named places within 25 miles
- Burwell City Park: 3.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.2 mi
- Kent Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- North Loup Project Historical Marker: 4.6 mi
- Calamus Valley Historical Marker: 4.6 mi
- Windy Hill: 4.5 mi
- Divide Hill: 10.8 mi
- Boggs Table: 22.2 mi
- French Tableland: 24.8 mi
- Garfield County Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Log Cabin Museum: 9.7 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Vinton: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mirdan Canal State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boggs Table | SW 216° | 787 m | 22.2 mi |
| French Tableland | SW 218° | 786 m | 24.8 mi |
| Divide Hill | SW 236° | 763 m | 10.8 mi |
| Windy Hill | NE 48° | 725 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:34 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:25 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 47 | 58 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burwell 2wsw, under a mile away.
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Great Plains Toad1 obs
- false nettle1 obs
- Milkweed Tussock Moth1 obs
- Wapiti1 obs
- American Barn Owl1 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/357780595
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