Santa Fe Beach
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
- 0.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 14.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Oak Point · 1 mi
- Lookout Point · 1 mi
- Louis' Point · 1 mi
- Ozzie's Point · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Mississippi Palisades State Park: 1.5 mi
- Papke Wildlife Area: 4.2 mi
- Rall Woods State Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Maquoketa River Hwy 52 Access: 8.5 mi
- Eagle's Nest Land and Water Preserve: 8.8 mi
- 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 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
- 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
- Havencrest Castle: 2.8 mi
- Old Galena Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Point Rock: 10.2 mi
- Apple River Road Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Pioneer Potpourri: 19.5 mi
- Living, Flowing, Ever Changing: 15.2 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 15.3 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 15.4 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 15.4 mi
- Young Corn: 15.5 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 15.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 15.1 mi
- Bickelhaupt Arboretum: 20.0 mi
- Hosta Garden: 23.2 mi
- Wantea Point: 7.0 mi
- Bald Point: 9.9 mi
- South Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Cedar Spring: 10.1 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 11.8 mi
- Marsden Well: 23.1 mi
- Pavilion: 1.3 mi
- Wilderness Woods Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- South Beach: 4.8 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 18.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Mound | NNE 20° | 367 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Sumner | N 4° | 357 m | 23.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | NNW 349° | 356 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hudson Mound | N 0° | 354 m | 24.1 mi |
| Horseshoe Mound | NNW 330° | 324 m | 22.1 mi |
| Simmons Mound | NNE 32° | 323 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wenzel Mound | N 351° | 315 m | 22.8 mi |
| Dygerts Mound | NNW 327° | 300 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 25 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carroll, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354142881
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