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Spring Creek Recreation Area

Spring Creek Recreation Area from directly overhead

Spring Creek Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 804 m. The nearest named place is Indian Point Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. 39 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 804 m

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Coordinates40.36710, -100.66689

Around it

39 named places within 25 miles

Parks29

Indian Point Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
Pikes Point: 1.0 mi
Bobwhite Access: 1.0 mi
South Lookout Observation Point: 1.1 mi
Red Willow Area: 1.2 mi

Museums3

Nature reserves3

Red Willow Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
Hayes Center State Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
Burton's Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi

Historic sites2

McCook Army Airfield: 3.9 mi
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker: 4.6 mi

Rest areas2

Harry Strunk Memorial Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Massacre Canyon Rest Area: 19.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:47	19:19	19:55
June solstice	06:14	20:36	21:17
September equinox	07:31	19:06	19:42
December solstice	08:03	16:37	17:20

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	26	29	39	48	59	69	75	73	63	50	37	27
Precip in	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.8	3.3	3.2	2.9	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Willow DAM, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby

Missouri Milkvetch5 obs
Turkey Vulture3 obs
Cedar Waxwing3 obs
Great Plains yucca3 obs
Spinystar3 obs
American White Pelican2 obs
Orchard Oriole2 obs
Tree Swallow2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357763134

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