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Water Tower Mini Park

Water Tower Mini Park from directly overhead

Water Tower Mini Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Albany Hill stands 389 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Itha T. Krumme Memorial Arboretum, a park 0.2 miles away. Glacial Hills Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.07046, -95.60789

113 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 16
Museums: 15
Artworks: 8
  • Dinosaur: 15.1 mi
  • Hook-Up Towing UFO: 15.2 mi
  • Spirit of Hiawatha: 15.4 mi
  • Ray of Sunshine: 15.5 mi
  • Perk Coffee Cup: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 1
Peaks: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Hiawatha Pollinator Plot: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Waterfront: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Angel Falls: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Albany HillSW 228°389 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5420:1520:56
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:4216:1817:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263143536474777567554131
Precip in0.61.02.13.54.64.85.23.83.32.71.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls City Brenner FLD, 1 mi away.

  • American Robin6 obs
  • Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid5 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx4 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider4 obs
  • Scissor Grinder4 obs
  • Northern Flicker3 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
  • white clover3 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 way/445489209

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