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Spring Lake Park

Spring Lake Park from directly overhead

Spring Lake Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 327 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Unity Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
327 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.21978, -95.93914

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Unity Park: 0.2 mi
  • Infield at The Zoo: 0.6 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Deer Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rudy Novacek Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Lion's Pride: 0.7 mi
  • Stingray Fountain: 0.7 mi
  • Mammoth: 0.9 mi
  • Green Land Rover: 1.0 mi
  • Land Rover: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 56
  • Okapi: 0.7 mi
  • Grewcock Elephant Habitat: 0.7 mi
  • Kopje Outcropping: 0.7 mi
  • Meerkats: 0.7 mi
  • Kiewit Corporation Giraffe, White Rhino, Ostrich, & Impala Habitat: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 36
  • Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 0.7 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 1.5 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 2.1 mi
  • The Nature Conservancy: 2.3 mi
  • Longs Landing County Park: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 19
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 21.6 mi
Peaks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointNW 310°361.12 m13.6 mi
King HillSSE 165°359 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5220:1921:01
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4716:1416:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242941536474787668544029
Precip in0.70.91.83.24.74.43.64.63.02.31.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 7 mi away.

  • Franklin's Ground Squirrel166 obs
  • Monarch123 obs
  • American Robin118 obs
  • House Sparrow108 obs
  • Common Grackle91 obs
  • Painted Lady81 obs
  • Canada Goose80 obs
  • Northern Cardinal79 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/188303238

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