Stone Creek Falls
Stone Creek Falls is a waterfall in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Beer Bottle Beach, a beach 2.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Louisville City Park: 3.0 mi
- Louisville City Park: 3.0 mi
- Springfield Urban Park: 7.7 mi
- Buffalo Park: 7.8 mi
- Springfield Creek Trail & Rec Area: 7.9 mi
- Memorial to the American Bandshell Sculpture: 5.3 mi
- Railroad Spikes: 15.8 mi
- Reading Garden: 17.2 mi
- Cape II (Cape Two): 17.5 mi
- Zorbus: 17.6 mi
- Gretna Fish Hatchery Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
- Prehistorical Burial Site: 5.8 mi
- Prehistorical Burial Site Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
- Springfield Community Hall historical marker: 7.7 mi
- Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Bald Eagle Aviary: 4.1 mi
- Bear: 4.1 mi
- Wolves: 4.2 mi
- Crane Meadows: 4.2 mi
- Whitetail Deer: 4.3 mi
- Gretna Fish Hatchery Museum: 2.6 mi
- Murdock Museum: 5.5 mi
- Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hangar A: 5.7 mi
- Hangar B: 5.7 mi
- Forest City Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Sergeant Mad Bear: 12.5 mi
- Walnut Creek Recreation Area: 12.7 mi
- Zorinsky Lake Park: 16.2 mi
- Pacific Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Sacred Hoop Garden: 4.6 mi
- Garden of the Bible: 19.3 mi
- Immanuel Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Stations of the Cross Garden: 19.8 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Canopies: 23.7 mi
- Riverside: 10.4 mi
- Factoryville: 18.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 2.1 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 19.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Queen Hill: 19.7 mi
- King Hill: 21.0 mi
- Boocker point: 24.9 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 7.1 mi
- Linoma Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stone Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | N 9° | 361.12 m | 24.9 mi |
| King Hill | ESE 106° | 359 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:16 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland #2, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5,166 | 7,751 | 11,168 | 9,796 | 10,396 | 12,314 | 6,710 | 4,634 | 4,693 | 5,663 | 5,849 | 5,392 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Platte River at Louisville, Nebr., 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8174570705
Day trips start here
- Gretna · 10 mi
- Papillion · 15 mi
- Bellevue · 19 mi
- Omaha · 21 mi
- Council Bluffs · 26 mi
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