Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area
Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mulberry Bend Overlook, a park 0.6 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 16.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Bobsled Run · 27 mi
- Kestrel Point · 27 mi
- Gobbler Point · 27 mi
76 named places within 25 miles
- Mulberry Bend Overlook: 0.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark Camp Sites: August 23, 24 and 25, 1804 Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- Cotton Park: 4.1 mi
- Ty Park: 4.1 mi
- JC Park: 4.3 mi
- Buckskin Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 18.5 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 4.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 5.1 mi
- Volcano Hill: 6.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 6.9 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 7.4 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Wynot Area Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Dick and Gertrude Havelaar: 16.6 mi
- Gayville Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Cedar County Historical Marker: 17.7 mi
- Austin-Whittemore House Museum: 4.5 mi
- National Music Museum: 4.8 mi
- W. H. Over Museum: 5.4 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Cedar County Historical Museum: 17.9 mi
- HyVee Garden: 4.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 4.9 mi
- Emmet: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mulberry Bend State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SSE 167° | 468 m | 17.0 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | ESE 115° | 430 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | ESE 113° | 429 m | 4.7 mi |
| Indian Hill | ESE 114° | 426 m | 6.9 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SE 124° | 411 m | 14.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | ESE 104° | 395 m | 5.1 mi |
| Spirit Mound | N 355° | 390 m | 11.1 mi |
| Volcano Hill | ESE 107° | 382 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:27 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:12 | 16:58 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 4 mi away.
- hoary vervain14 obs
- Granular Broad-nosed Weevil9 obs
- Imbricated Snout Beetle8 obs
- firewheel7 obs
- Western Longhorn Robber7 obs
- Six-spotted Tiger Beetle5 obs
- grey-headed coneflower5 obs
- Indiangrass5 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/357789151
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