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Wilcox City Park

Wilcox City Park from directly overhead

Wilcox City Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 684 m. Indian Hill stands 627 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Walkers Ranch Historical Marker, a park 0.8 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 18 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
684 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.36612, -99.17092

98 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Fort Kearney Historical Marker: 21.0 mi
  • Big Apple Fun Center: 22.0 mi
  • Elizabeth Thomsic Hillard Memorial Labyrinth: 22.1 mi
  • The Great Platte River Road Archway: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Kearney Rest Area Eastbound: 21.0 mi
  • Kearney Rest Area Westbound: 21.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Yanney Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Cottonmill Swimming Beach: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Kellaway Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Harmon Park Rock Garden: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillSSW 194°627 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1319:49
June solstice06:0820:3021:11
September equinox07:2519:0019:36
December solstice07:5716:3117:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273141516172777466534029
Precip in0.50.61.42.54.43.54.13.11.81.91.00.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ragan, 7 mi away.

  • Red-headed Woodpecker1 obs
  • Lined Snake1 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 node/357781710

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