Dodges Beach
Dodges Beach is a beach in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ventura Marsh/Clear Lake, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 107 miles off.
The story
Beach in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
Wikidata Q31810903, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 375 m
How to reach it
- 107.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- PM Odd Fellows Park: 0.9 mi
- Armour Pugh Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Clear Lake Access: 2.0 mi
- Ventura City Park: 2.1 mi
- Country Club Hights Park: 2.3 mi
- Ventura Marsh/Clear Lake: 0.6 mi
- Woodford's Island: 1.2 mi
- McIntosh Woods State Park: 1.3 mi
- McIntosh Wildlife Area: 1.3 mi
- Bluewing Marsh: 1.7 mi
- Clear Lake Fire Museum: 3.4 mi
- Kinney Pioneer Museum: 5.7 mi
- Klemme Homestead Museum: 11.1 mi
- Charles H MacNider Museum: 12.5 mi
- Lime Creek Nature Center: 13.3 mi
- Three Stars Monument: 3.0 mi
- National Register of Historic Places: 3.1 mi
- World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Buddy Holly Glasses: 8.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Farmers Beach: 0.6 mi
- Clear Lake State Park Beach: 2.1 mi
- City Beach: 3.1 mi
- Buddy Holly Crash Site: 8.0 mi
- Harmony in Light: 12.2 mi
- The Music Man Square: 12.3 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 12.7 mi
- Central Gardens of North Iowa: 3.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 11.3 mi
- Iowa Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dodges Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | NNW 329° | 443 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:56 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354343792
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