Walnut Hill Park
Walnut Hill Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mercer Park: 0.1 mi
- Bemis Park: 0.3 mi
- Cuming Corner Park: 0.6 mi
- Thirty-Second and Franklin Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Erskine Park: 0.6 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 0.6 mi
- The Offut Manor: 0.7 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 1.7 mi
- Model Railroad: 3.5 mi
- Lauritzen Gardens: 3.6 mi
- George and Sarah Joslyn Home historical marker: 0.7 mi
- War Mother's Memorial: 1.1 mi
- North 24th Street Historic District: 1.2 mi
- Malcolm X Historical Marker: 1.4 mi
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr: 1.4 mi
- Rock, Paper, Scissors: 1.1 mi
- Hope Tower: 1.1 mi
- Folded Square Alphabet Q: 1.1 mi
- Search: 1.2 mi
- Velocity: 1.2 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 2.5 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.5 mi
- Gibson Bend: 4.6 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Gifford State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Great Plains Black History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Malcolm X Memorial Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Joslyn Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 1.8 mi
- Kiewit Luminarium: 2.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 0.8 mi
- Healing Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Cafe Garden: 1.4 mi
- Entrance Garden: 1.5 mi
- Hands to Harvest Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Canopies: 2.1 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Margaritaville: 13.6 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Devil's Slide: 6.9 mi
- Queen Hill: 24.1 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.4 mi
- De Soto: 16.5 mi
- Riverside: 23.3 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 23.1 mi
- Boocker point: 10.3 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 20.4 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walnut Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | WNW 300° | 361.12 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 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 | 24 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 5 mi away.
- Monarch121 obs
- Black Swallowtail94 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee78 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee77 obs
- American Robin75 obs
- Western Honey Bee65 obs
- Northern Cardinal63 obs
- House Sparrow63 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/318369309
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 2 mi
- Council Bluffs · 6 mi
- Bellevue · 8 mi
- Papillion · 9 mi
- Gretna · 17 mi
- Missouri Valley · 20 mi
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