Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach is a beach in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 427 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is WM Earl & Rachel Sykes Anspach Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 427 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- WM Earl & Rachel Sykes Anspach Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- West Okoboji Wetlands Complex: 2.1 mi
- Minnewashta Access: 3.2 mi
- Pachmayr Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Cayler Prairie State Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Sherwood Forest: 0.8 mi
- Kenue Park: 0.9 mi
- Inn Area Access: 1.1 mi
- Pikes Point State Park: 1.3 mi
- Speier Park: 1.4 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 0.8 mi
- Fairoak Beach: 0.8 mi
- Fairoaks Beach: 1.0 mi
- Dixon Beach: 1.0 mi
- Pike's Point Beach: 1.3 mi
- Higgins Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 2.4 mi
- Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum: 2.4 mi
- Iowa Rock N Roll Museum: 2.4 mi
- Dickinson County Museum: 2.9 mi
- Bike Monument: 2.3 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 2.4 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 9.3 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 16.1 mi
- Martin County Highest Point: 16.8 mi
- Jackson County Highest Point: 17.4 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 18.5 mi
- Holthe Overlook: 24.6 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 16.8 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 18.0 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 4.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Omaha Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocheyedan Mound | W 271° | 490 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | WNW 300° | 480 m | 17.4 mi |
| Martin County Highest Point | ENE 63° | 430 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:22 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:01 | 16:48 |
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 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spirit Lake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354330128
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