Viken Park
Viken Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 452 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nebraska Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 25 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Wayne
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 27.0 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
68 named places within 25 miles
- Nebraska Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Sunnyview Park: 0.2 mi
- The Willow Bowl: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Stadium: 0.3 mi
- East Park: 0.4 mi
- Wayne County Museum: 0.5 mi
- Graves Library Museum: 7.7 mi
- Winside Museum: 9.6 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Stanton County Museum: 15.5 mi
- Thompson-Barnes State Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Red Fox State Wildlife Management Area: 17.2 mi
- Sioux Strip State Wildlife Management Area: 17.6 mi
- Train Caboose: 15.6 mi
- Blue Ox: 17.7 mi
- Bell: 23.7 mi
- Harp: 14.8 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Viken Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | NNE 25° | 468 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:14 | 17:00 |
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 | 21 | 25 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wayne, under a mile away.
- black-eyed Susan11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle10 obs
- Eastern Cottontail9 obs
- Red Admiral9 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel8 obs
- Japanese Beetle8 obs
- purple crownvetch8 obs
- American Robin7 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/376338325
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