Walgren Lake State Recreation Area
Walgren Lake State Recreation Area is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,138 m. Flannigan Butte stands 1,255 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Center I, a museum 4.4 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 3.6 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
43 named places within 25 miles
- Modisett Park: 9.8 mi
- Cliffs Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Chadron State Park Historical Marker: 20.1 mi
- Bordeaux Trading Post Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- War Memorial Park: 22.6 mi
- Box Butte: 12.3 mi
- Evening Star Butte: 15.7 mi
- Bomar Hill: 15.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.4 mi
- Lone Butte: 18.2 mi
- Heritage Center I: 4.4 mi
- Heritage Center II: 4.5 mi
- Sheridan County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 19.9 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 22.5 mi
- Beaver Wall: 17.7 mi
- C-Hill: 22.6 mi
- AH-1 Cobra Helicopter: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walgren Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flannigan Butte | WNW 286° | 1,255 m | 22.4 mi |
| Lookout Point | WNW 285° | 1,241 m | 21.4 mi |
| Coffee Mill Butte | W 276° | 1,235 m | 22.9 mi |
| Box Butte | SSW 195° | 1,218 m | 25.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NNE 21° | 1,203 m | 21.4 mi |
| Flag Butte | WNW 282° | 1,187 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bomar Hill | N 359° | 1,179 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | WNW 290° | 1,179 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 47 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAY Springs, 5 mi away.
- Lake Fingernailclam5 obs
- Channel Catfish4 obs
- Black Tern3 obs
- White-faced Ibis2 obs
- Siberian water-milfoil2 obs
- Fennel-leaf Pondweed2 obs
- Bronzed Tiger Beetle2 obs
- Sharp-tailed Grouse1 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 way/814313915
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