Oak Park
Oak Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 324 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Orval Smith Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 7.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Orval Smith Park: 0.5 mi
- Mockingbird Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Citidal Park: 0.6 mi
- Wildewood Park: 0.6 mi
- Ponderosa Park: 0.8 mi
- Zorbus: 1.5 mi
- JK: 1.5 mi
- Cape II (Cape Two): 1.5 mi
- Hammerjack: 1.5 mi
- Patrick Memorial Sculpture: 1.9 mi
- Patrick Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Milacek Monument Co Inc: 3.1 mi
- Papillion Boy Scouts' Cabin: 3.6 mi
- Bosco: 3.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 4.0 mi
- The Offut Manor: 5.0 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 5.1 mi
- Okapi: 5.8 mi
- Prairie Dogs: 5.8 mi
- El Museo Latino: 4.6 mi
- Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum: 4.9 mi
- Nebraska Jewish Historical Society: Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum: 5.5 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 5.9 mi
- Joslyn Art Museum: 6.0 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.9 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 6.3 mi
- Gibson Bend: 6.6 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 6.7 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 3.8 mi
- Healing Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 4.8 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Canopies: 6.4 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Margaritaville: 15.7 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Devil's Slide: 12.0 mi
- Queen Hill: 21.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Riverside: 18.2 mi
- De Soto: 20.4 mi
- Rock Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 9.6 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 17.4 mi
- Boocker point: 11.1 mi
- King Hill: 23.3 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 15.0 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NNW 330° | 361.12 m | 11.1 mi |
| King Hill | SSE 152° | 359 m | 23.3 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 | 18:47 | 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 | 23 | 27 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 7E, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel33 obs
- American Robin24 obs
- House Sparrow19 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird17 obs
- Groundhog17 obs
- Northern Cardinal16 obs
- Mourning Dove14 obs
- Eastern Cottontail14 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/238755927
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 4 mi
- Papillion · 4 mi
- Bellevue · 6 mi
- Council Bluffs · 10 mi
- Gretna · 12 mi
- Missouri Valley · 25 mi
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