Wood Lake City Park
Wood Lake City Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 821 m. White Cap Hill stands 878 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Plum Creek Valley State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 9.3 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 17 miles off. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 821 m
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Bridges to Buttes Byway
39 named places within 25 miles
- Berry Park: 10.6 mi
- Lakeland Sod High School Historical Marker: 12.6 mi
- Smith Falls State Park: 17.9 mi
- Bryan Bridge Historical Marker: 19.9 mi
- Brown County Park: 19.9 mi
- Plum Creek Valley State Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Ballards Marsh State Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Niobrara National Scenic River: 17.5 mi
- Willow Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Big Alkali State Wildlife Management Area: 18.9 mi
- Antelope Peak: 16.1 mi
- White Cap Hill: 16.5 mi
- Huddle Table: 18.8 mi
- Frederick Peak: 23.0 mi
- Flattop: 23.3 mi
- Sellors-Barton Museum: 19.9 mi
- Cherry County Historical Society Museum: 22.5 mi
- Sandhills Museum: 22.8 mi
- White Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Smith Falls: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wood Lake City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Cap Hill | SE 142° | 878 m | 16.5 mi |
| Frederick Peak | NW 321° | 813 m | 23.0 mi |
| Flattop | N 353° | 807 m | 23.3 mi |
| Antelope Peak | E 83° | 793 m | 16.1 mi |
| Ainsworth Table | E 100° | 750 m | 23.6 mi |
| Huddle Table | ENE 59° | 697 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:40 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:25 | 17:11 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ainsworth, 21 mi away.
- Red-headed Woodpecker2 obs
- Yellow Salsify2 obs
- Upland Sandpiper1 obs
- Eastern Kingbird1 obs
- Plains Garter Snake1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 obs
- Red Clover1 obs
- hoary vervain1 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/1110152820
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