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Roanoke Park

Roanoke Park from directly overhead

Roanoke Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunny Slope Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.30013, -96.08705

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Geese in Flight: 1.9 mi
  • Lewis Art Gallery: 3.3 mi
  • The Work Continues: 3.4 mi
  • The Work Continues: 3.6 mi
  • Father Flannigan Statue: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves: 35
Gardens: 19
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 21.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Boocker point: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Devil's Slide: 8.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointNW 318°361.12 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:5220:2021:02
September equinox07:1318:4719:23
December solstice07:4816:1516:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232940526272767467534028

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha #1, 5 mi away.

  • American Bullfrog154 obs
  • Canada Goose112 obs
  • Wood Duck74 obs
  • Painted Turtle56 obs
  • Great Blue Heron54 obs
  • ground-ivy53 obs
  • Mallard47 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird40 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 way/183667273

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