Prairie Lake State Recreation Area
Prairie Lake State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 579 m. Topeka Peak stands 638 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Park, a park 3.9 miles away. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 579 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie Park: 3.9 mi
- Juniata Park: 4.0 mi
- Gazebo Park: 4.1 mi
- Oregon Trail Historical Marker: 4.5 mi
- Brickyard Park: 5.0 mi
- Ayr Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Glenvil Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 14.7 mi
- Martins Reach State Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
- Jensen Waterfowl Production Area: 16.4 mi
- Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Hastings Museum & Super Screen Theater: 6.7 mi
- Crosier Asmat Museum: 7.3 mi
- Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum: 9.1 mi
- Gibbon Heritage Center: 23.9 mi
- Kearney County Museum: 24.5 mi
- Susan O. Hail Grave: 14.5 mi
- Martin Brothers Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Martin Brothers Historical Marker: 18.0 mi
- Lowell Historical Marker: 20.5 mi
- Original Townsite of Wood River Historical Marker: 20.6 mi
- Big Bird House: 4.4 mi
- Chatauqua Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Hastings Central Park Fountain: 6.3 mi
- Rosedale: 12.3 mi
- Spring Ranch: 16.0 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Eastbound: 21.6 mi
- Grand Island Rest Area Westbound: 22.2 mi
- Topeka Peak: 12.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.1 mi
- Ermas Desire Sculpture: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka Peak | NNW 335° | 638 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:28 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:27 | 17:11 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 62 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hastings Muni AP, 6 mi away.
- hoary vervain5 obs
- field bindweed4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Indigo Bunting3 obs
- Cheyenne Riverbank Ground Beetle3 obs
- Baltimore Oriole2 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker2 obs
- smooth sumac2 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/357789496
Day trips start here
- Minden · 25 mi
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