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Wiggenhorn Memorial Park

Wiggenhorn Memorial Park from directly overhead

Wiggenhorn Memorial Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 342 m. Skunk Hill stands 412 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Best Fishing Spot, a park 1.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 28 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.04282, -96.38304

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Best Fishing Spot: 1.4 mi
  • Memphis Lake State Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 6.4 mi
  • Chestnut Ridge Park: 8.5 mi
  • Plum Creek Subdivision Park and Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 45
Museums: 25
Attractions: 16
  • Elk Prairie: 4.9 mi
  • Bison: 5.0 mi
  • Whitetail Deer: 5.1 mi
  • Crane Meadows: 5.1 mi
  • Wolves: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 4
Peaks: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Skunk HillNW 319°412 m19.1 mi
Bodleys HillNW 317°397 m18.2 mi
Boocker pointNNE 31°361.12 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5420:2021:02
September equinox07:1418:4819:24
December solstice07:4816:1717:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232739506272767466533928
Precip in0.81.01.73.25.24.53.74.03.22.41.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland #2, under a mile away.

  • Woodhouse's Toad7 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle7 obs
  • Monarch5 obs
  • American White Pelican4 obs
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak3 obs
  • Black Swallowtail3 obs
  • Goldenrod Soldier Beetle3 obs
  • Turkey Vulture2 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/440038238

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