Westwood Heights Park
Westwood Heights Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the north-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cody Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cody Park: 0.4 mi
- Montclair - Westwood Park: 0.6 mi
- Prairie Lane Park: 0.6 mi
- Cryer Park: 0.9 mi
- Kingswood East Park: 0.9 mi
- Reading Garden: 0.7 mi
- Railroad Spikes: 1.6 mi
- Tower of Light: 2.1 mi
- Heart & Soul: 2.2 mi
- Black Metal: 2.2 mi
- Alumni Veterans memorial: 2.6 mi
- Boys Town Alumni Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.6 mi
- Boys Town Pylon: 2.7 mi
- Father Flanagans Boys Home Historical Marker: 2.7 mi
- Angel of Hope: 2.8 mi
- West Omaha Rock: 5.2 mi
- Warren Buffett's Home: 6.0 mi
- The Offut Manor: 7.3 mi
- Joslyn Castle: 7.4 mi
- Prairie Dogs: 9.2 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Park: 3.7 mi
- Pacific Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Bluestem Prairie Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Sergeant Mad Bear: 5.9 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Garden of the Bible: 2.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.9 mi
- Electrical Safety: 3.9 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 5.4 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Canopies: 9.3 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Margaritaville: 19.5 mi
- Devil's Slide: 12.6 mi
- Queen Hill: 24.3 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Riverside: 15.7 mi
- De Soto: 19.1 mi
- Rock Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 13.4 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 16.7 mi
- Boocker point: 8.4 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 13.2 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Westwood Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | NNW 347° | 361.12 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:20 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 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 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 53 | 40 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha #1, 10 mi away.
- Monarch64 obs
- Carolina Mantis53 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel29 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee29 obs
- American Robin25 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail22 obs
- Black Swallowtail21 obs
- Mallard18 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/614634710
Day trips start here
- Omaha · 6 mi
- Papillion · 6 mi
- Gretna · 9 mi
- Bellevue · 10 mi
- Council Bluffs · 13 mi
- Missouri Valley · 25 mi
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