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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 411 m. Council Hill stands 567 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Verdigre Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Outlaw Trail passes 10 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
411 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.59945, -98.03396

43 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 3
Peaks: 3
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Council HillS 169°567 m12.3 mi
Stony ButteWNW 296°515 m9.9 mi
Maidens LeapNNE 22°394 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:45
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1717:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242839516272767466533827
Precip in0.40.71.43.03.23.82.73.02.72.10.90.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Niobrara, 10 mi away.

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird3 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad3 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Greater Prairie-Chicken1 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole1 obs
  • Spotted Towhee1 obs
  • Common Garter Snake1 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 node/357789944

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