Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area
Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 658 m. Muddy Point stands 675 m to the southwest, 0.5 miles off. Loup Rivers Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 658 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Sandhills Journey, National
30 named places within 25 miles
- Jenners Park: 4.5 mi
- Bowman Lake State Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Blizzard of 1888 Historical Marker: 12.5 mi
- Chalk Mine State Wayside Area: 12.9 mi
- Arcadia Wayside Park: 13.2 mi
- Sherman County Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Farwell Museum: 16.3 mi
- Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball: 24.5 mi
- Gruber House: 24.5 mi
- Howard County Historical Village: 24.6 mi
- Muddy Point: 0.5 mi
- Happy Jack Peak: 12.9 mi
- Loup Bottom State Wildlife Management Area: 15.0 mi
- Marsh Wren State Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- Vinton: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Point | SW 230° | 675 m | 0.5 mi |
| Happy Jack Peak | NE 52° | 624 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:11 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:26 | 17:10 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 39 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 65 | 51 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loup City, 5 mi away.
- Ring-billed Gull4 obs
- Long-tailed Jaeger3 obs
- Western Grebe2 obs
- Walleye2 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel2 obs
- Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly2 obs
- American Coot1 obs
- Belted Kingfisher1 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/290273097
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