Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum
Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum is a garden in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 329 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bigelow County Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 329 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 7.3 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 18 mi
- Gobbler Point · 18 mi
- Kestrel Point · 18 mi
- Bobsled Run · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bigelow County Park: 0.4 mi
- Snyder Bend Park: 1.4 mi
- Jewel Park: 6.4 mi
- Bishop Field: 6.8 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 6.8 mi
- Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Snyder Bend Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Mile Long Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Weedland Access: 5.6 mi
- Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Dakota City: 9.1 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 10.8 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 10.8 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 11.2 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 11.9 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 7.0 mi
- O'Connor House Museum Complex: 7.0 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hornick Depot: 13.3 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 13.5 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 13.8 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 14.0 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 14.0 mi
- Train: 18.9 mi
- Old Town: 18.9 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 13.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 15.1 mi
- Harp: 20.0 mi
- Tree Shelter: 20.2 mi
- Dodds: 14.8 mi
- Stevens: 17.6 mi
- Peiro: 18.2 mi
- Lucky Valley: 21.2 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 15.6 mi
- Dakota Point: 18.6 mi
- Durr Hill: 23.7 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 23.6 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | S 173° | 426 m | 15.6 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 339° | 394 m | 18.6 mi |
| Durr Hill | SE 132° | 391 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City AP, 6 mi away.
- American White Pelican6 obs
- Ruddy Duck5 obs
- Bald Eagle4 obs
- Belted Kingfisher2 obs
- Ring-billed Gull2 obs
- Mallard2 obs
- Lesser Scaup2 obs
- Orchard Oriole2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1035834729
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