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Santa Fe Beach

Santa Fe Beach from directly overhead

Santa Fe Beach is a beach in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Benton Mound stands 367 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic ruins, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Carroll County, Illinois, United States

Wikidata Q33333060, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
179 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12863, -90.17818

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sentinel Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Maquette Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bowen Park: 3.2 mi
  • Old Mill Park: 3.3 mi
  • Driscoll's Island: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 29
  • Savanna Museum and Cultural Center: 2.6 mi
  • Savanna Train Car Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Thomson Depot Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Chicago Great Western Railway Depot Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Apple River Fort State Historic Site: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Historic ruins: 1.2 mi
  • Savanna Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Old Mill Site: 10.2 mi
  • Bellevue War Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Heer Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Lost Mound: 7.5 mi
  • South Bluff: 14.9 mi
  • North Bluff: 15.9 mi
  • Simmons Mound: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 10
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Cedar Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Plum Creek Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Marsden Well: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Pavilion: 1.3 mi
  • Wilderness Woods Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • South Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Bellevue Beach: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Apple Canyon Waterfall: 19.9 mi
  • Thunder Bay Falls: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Benton MoundNNE 20°367 m19.7 mi
Mount SumnerN 4°357 m23.5 mi
Scales MoundNNW 349°356 m23.9 mi
Hudson MoundN 0°354 m24.1 mi
Horseshoe MoundNNW 330°324 m22.1 mi
Simmons MoundNNE 32°323 m19.1 mi
Wenzel MoundN 351°315 m22.8 mi
Dygerts MoundNNW 327°300 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2619:5820:41
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2715:4716:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212537486069737163513826
Precip in1.71.82.53.94.65.54.93.93.73.02.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carroll, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354142881

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