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Quincentenary Belltower

Quincentenary Belltower from directly overhead

Quincentenary Belltower is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 439 m. Indian Hill stands 464 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is North Brothers Historical Marker, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway runs past it. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
439 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42220, -97.36842

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
Nature reserves: 10
  • Wilkinson State Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
  • Fertig Tallgrass Prairie: 10.8 mi
  • Lookingglass Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 12.4 mi
  • White Tail Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
  • Flatsedge State Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 5
Peaks: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quincentenary Belltower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillE 95°464 m22.2 mi
Brewery HillENE 74°430 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0519:42
June solstice05:5720:2521:07
September equinox07:1818:5219:28
December solstice07:5316:1917:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232739506272767466523827
Precip in0.70.71.42.94.64.73.53.32.52.31.20.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus 3 NE, 4 mi away.

  • Three-ribbed Darkling Beetle4 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad3 obs
  • Argus Tortoise Beetle3 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail2 obs
  • dame's rocket2 obs
  • Red Admiral2 obs
  • American Dog Tick2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357785090

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