Morton Park
Morton Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hitchcock Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 5.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 6.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hitchcock Park: 0.5 mi
- Essex Park: 0.6 mi
- Christie Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Harper Park: 0.8 mi
- Bob Campos Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
- Giant Chicken: 1.5 mi
- Lion's Pride: 3.0 mi
- Stingray Fountain: 3.0 mi
- Mammoth: 3.2 mi
- Green Land Rover: 3.3 mi
- Milacek Monument Co Inc: 3.0 mi
- Float Plane: 3.1 mi
- President Gerald R Ford Birthsite: 3.2 mi
- Support Our Troops: 3.3 mi
- Patrick Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Grewcock Elephant Habitat: 3.0 mi
- Okapi: 3.0 mi
- Kopje Outcropping: 3.0 mi
- Meerkats: 3.0 mi
- Kiewit Corporation Giraffe, White Rhino, Ostrich, & Impala Habitat: 3.1 mi
- El Museo Latino: 1.7 mi
- Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum: 1.8 mi
- Black Americana Museum: 3.9 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 4.2 mi
- Durham Museum: 4.3 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 1.9 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 3.6 mi
- Gibson Bend: 3.7 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 4.3 mi
- Jewell Park: 5.4 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Healing Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Immanuel Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 4.1 mi
- Canopies: 4.6 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Margaritaville: 12.6 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Devil's Slide: 11.8 mi
- Queen Hill: 19.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Riverside: 20.9 mi
- De Soto: 21.2 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 7.1 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 19.3 mi
- Boocker point: 13.2 mi
- King Hill: 21.6 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NW 320° | 361.12 m | 13.2 mi |
| King Hill | SSE 159° | 359 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:15 | 16:59 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 9 mi away.
- henbit deadnettle18 obs
- American Robin14 obs
- Monarch14 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 obs
- Wild Turkey11 obs
- Baltimore Oriole10 obs
- House Sparrow9 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel9 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 way/189468063
Day trips start here
- Bellevue · 4 mi
- Omaha · 4 mi
- Papillion · 5 mi
- Council Bluffs · 7 mi
- Gretna · 15 mi
- Missouri Valley · 25 mi
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