Tailrace Park
Tailrace Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 432 m. Indian Hill stands 464 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park Baseball Complex, a park 3.0 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 2.5 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
64 named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Park Baseball Complex: 3.0 mi
- Ag Park: 3.4 mi
- Buffalo Square: 3.5 mi
- Hanover Square: 3.7 mi
- Berne Square Park: 4.2 mi
- Fertig Tallgrass Prairie: 6.5 mi
- White Tail Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Wilkinson State Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Flatsedge State Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Lookingglass Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- Wunderlichts: 3.5 mi
- Union Veterans of the Civil War Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Columbus Powerhouse historical marker: 4.8 mi
- Duncan 1871-1971 Historical Marker: 10.9 mi
- War Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Platte County Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- Schuyler/Colfax County Museum: 12.2 mi
- Butler County Historical Society Museum: 12.9 mi
- Genoa Indian Industrial School Museum: 23.0 mi
- Clarkson Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
- Brewery Hill: 13.1 mi
- Indian Hill: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tailrace Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | E 92° | 464 m | 17.8 mi |
| Brewery Hill | ENE 63° | 430 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:25 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:19 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 52 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus 3 NE, 5 mi away.
- House Sparrow1 obs
- Plains Spadefoot1 obs
- American Beaver1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- eastern poison ivy1 obs
- Isabella Tiger Moth1 obs
- Great Plains Toad1 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad1 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 node/357785067
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