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Sandbar Beach

Sandbar Beach from directly overhead

Sandbar Beach is a beach in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 428 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlan Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States

Wikidata Q33333039, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48607, -95.05444

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Trickle Slough Area: 1.0 mi
  • McClelland Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Hales Slough Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
  • Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Refuge: 3.9 mi
  • Christopherson Slough Complex: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Spirit Lake State Game Management Area: 2.1 mi
  • Orleans Access: 3.4 mi
  • Sprit Lake Outlet County Park: 3.5 mi
  • Robertson County Park: 3.5 mi
  • Marble Beach State Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 7
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 3.5 mi
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Bike Monument: 10.1 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 12.0 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Martin County Highest Point: 10.2 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 18.3 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 20.2 mi
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 10.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Emmet County Nature Center: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandbar Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ocheyedan MoundWSW 256°490 m24.1 mi
Jackson County Highest PointW 277°480.3 m20.2 mi
Martin County Highest PointE 81°429.8 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:33
June solstice05:4020:2221:05
September equinox07:0818:4219:19
December solstice07:5116:0116:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162032465869737063493421
Precip in0.50.61.43.04.14.83.53.73.02.11.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spirit Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354345319

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