Santee Sioux Recreation Park
Santee Sioux Recreation Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Stony Butte stands 515 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 7.8 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Outlaw Trail
60 named places within 25 miles
- Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Sand Creek Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Emanuel Creek Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Snatch Creek Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Charley Creek Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Ponca Tribe Museum: 11.5 mi
- Verdigre Heritage Museum: 19.4 mi
- Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum: 22.8 mi
- Niobrara State Park: 12.5 mi
- Bohemia Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Chalkrock State Wildlife Management Area: 23.8 mi
- Maidens Leap: 8.1 mi
- Stony Butte: 22.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 12.6 mi
- Hobie Cat Beach: 17.6 mi
- Calumet Bluff: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santee Sioux Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Butte | WSW 236° | 515 m | 22.4 mi |
| Maidens Leap | SW 222° | 394 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:31 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 16:15 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tyndall, 10 mi away.
- American Redstart1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 obs
- American Beaver1 obs
- roughleaf dogwood1 obs
- basswood1 obs
- common reed1 obs
- American bittersweet1 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/656943193
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