Pibel Lake State Recreation Area
Pibel Lake State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 612 m. Happy Jack Peak stands 624 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spalding City Park, a park 10 miles away. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 13 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 612 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
13 named places within 25 miles
- Spalding City Park: 10.1 mi
- Scotia Canal State Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Bussell Park: 23.4 mi
- Chalk Mine State Wayside Area: 23.7 mi
- Cedar Rapids City Park: 23.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 18.9 mi
- Happy Jack Peak: 23.6 mi
- Wheeler: 16.6 mi
- Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pibel Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Jack Peak | SSW 203° | 624 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 125° | 607 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:22 | 17:07 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 64 | 51 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartlett 1W, 9 mi away.
- white mulberry2 obs
- blue vervain2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Ring-necked Duck1 obs
- Common Yellowthroat1 obs
- Dickcissel1 obs
- Common Raccoon1 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/290274844
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