Walnut Grove Park
Walnut Grove Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 368 m. Skunk Hill stands 412 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Englewood Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Englewood Park: 0.7 mi
- Pheasant Run Park: 0.8 mi
- Westchester Park: 1.0 mi
- Black Elk Park: 1.1 mi
- Oakbrook Meadows Park: 1.1 mi
- Millard Oaks Entrance: 1.3 mi
- Site of the Old Hanging Tree: 1.4 mi
- Millard West School Entrance: 2.3 mi
- Boys Town Alumni Veterans Memorial Wall: 3.7 mi
- Alumni Veterans memorial: 3.7 mi
- Railroad Spikes: 1.5 mi
- Reading Garden: 2.1 mi
- Variety Club Statue: 3.7 mi
- A Girl's Dream: 3.8 mi
- The Work Continues: 3.8 mi
- West Omaha Rock: 5.7 mi
- M60: 7.3 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 8.6 mi
- The Offut Manor: 10.0 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 10.0 mi
- Boys Town Hall of History: 3.8 mi
- Nebraska Jewish Historical Society: Henry and Dorothy Riekes Museum: 3.8 mi
- Meyers Stamp Center: 4.0 mi
- El Museo Latino: 10.5 mi
- Sokol South Omaha Czechoslovak Museum: 10.9 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Park: 1.7 mi
- Pacific Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Sergeant Mad Bear: 3.4 mi
- Bluestem Prairie Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Garden of the Bible: 3.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 6.2 mi
- Electrical Safety: 6.2 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 8.1 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Canopies: 11.8 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Margaritaville: 21.7 mi
- Boocker point: 9.5 mi
- Bodleys Hill: 24.5 mi
- Skunk Hill: 24.9 mi
- Riverside: 13.0 mi
- De Soto: 20.9 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Devil's Slide: 15.1 mi
- Queen Hill: 24.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 14.5 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 14.8 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 10.7 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walnut Grove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skunk Hill | W 277° | 412 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bodleys Hill | W 275° | 397 m | 24.5 mi |
| Boocker point | N 3° | 361.12 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:20 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:15 | 16:59 |
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 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gretna, 8 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee307 obs
- Huron Skipper218 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee180 obs
- Monarch165 obs
- Painted Lady102 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee90 obs
- Western Honey Bee77 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee76 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/128069548
Day trips start here
- Gretna · 7 mi
- Papillion · 7 mi
- Omaha · 8 mi
- Bellevue · 12 mi
- Council Bluffs · 16 mi
- Missouri Valley · 28 mi
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