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Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker

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Elevation: 579 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Lookout Mountain624 m · 20.3 mi
Nearest byway: Heritage Highway5.9 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:07local time
Coordinates: 40.0039, -98.5229

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker from directly overhead

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded 579 m. Lookout Mountain stands 624 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Heritage Highway passes 5.9 miles off. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The record

Elevation: 579 m

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Lookout Mountain	W 277°	624 m	20.3 mi
The Island	ENE 61°	537 m	3.8 mi

On the road

5.9 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

31 named places within 25 miles

Parks12

Willa Cather Memorial Prairie: 0.0 mi
Red Cloud City Park: 5.7 mi
Republican Valley Wayside Park: 9.8 mi
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States: 12.5 mi
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Historical Marker: 16.2 mi

Nature reserves7

Indian Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
Narrows State Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
Elk Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
Limestone Bluffs State Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
Ash Grove State Wildlife Management Area: 23.7 mi

Museums6

Burlington Depot: 5.1 mi
Willa Cather House: 5.8 mi
Webster County Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
Jewell County Historical Msm: 22.4 mi
Franklin County Museum: 23.6 mi

Peaks2

The Island: 3.8 mi
Lookout Mountain: 20.3 mi

Historic sites2

Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States: 12.5 mi
Franklin County Veterans Memorial: 23.7 mi

Attractions1

Starke Round Barn: 7.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Abdal: 22.7 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:38	19:11	19:46
June solstice	06:06	20:26	21:07
September equinox	07:22	18:57	19:33
December solstice	07:53	16:30	17:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	25	29	39	50	61	72	77	75	66	52	38	28
Precip in	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.2	3.6	3.9	3.4	2.0	2.0	1.1	0.7

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

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