Wilson Park
Wilson Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 1,042 m. First Woman Mound stands 1,420 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, a museum 0.3 miles away. Bridges to Buttes Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
- 0.6 mi off the Gold Rush Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Butte: 5.7 mi
- Isinglass Buttes: 7.0 mi
- Flannigan Butte: 7.1 mi
- Lookout Point: 7.4 mi
- Trunk Butte: 7.5 mi
- Dean's Green: 0.3 mi
- Amphitheatre: 0.4 mi
- Mary E. Smith-Hayward Square: 0.4 mi
- War Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Chadron Commercial Historic District: 0.7 mi
- Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center: 0.3 mi
- Dawes County Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Museum of the Fur Trade: 4.0 mi
- Heritage Center II: 18.7 mi
- Heritage Center I: 18.7 mi
- Chadron Creek Trading Post Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Crawford School Bell Historical Marker: 22.6 mi
- C-Hill: 0.5 mi
- Beaver Wall: 15.9 mi
- Wayside: 16.4 mi
- West Ash Creek Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Woman Mound | SW 219° | 1,420 m | 20.5 mi |
| Crown Butte | SW 234° | 1,288 m | 18.7 mi |
| Crow Butte | WSW 237° | 1,287 m | 19.6 mi |
| Giants Coffins Butte | WSW 248° | 1,285 m | 24.5 mi |
| Barrel Butte | SW 228° | 1,273 m | 16.6 mi |
| Lovers Leap Butte | WSW 248° | 1,270 m | 24.3 mi |
| Flannigan Butte | SSW 200° | 1,255 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Crow Butte | SW 236° | 1,242 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chadron 3SW, 3 mi away.
- Mule Deer150 obs
- House Sparrow72 obs
- Painted Lady54 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel45 obs
- American Robin44 obs
- House Finch42 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove41 obs
- Common Grackle40 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/817665206
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