Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail
Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowler Forest Preserve, a park 0.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway runs past it. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1856
How to reach it
- On the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Outlaw Trail
98 named places within 25 miles
- Fowler Forest Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Southwood Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Smithland Park: 1.1 mi
- Rodney Pits Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Lee Schroeder Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
- Unit 4: 0.7 mi
- Unit 3: 1.4 mi
- Pawnee Recreation Area Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Johnson Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Unit 2: 1.9 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 18.5 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 18.5 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 18.5 mi
- Fighter jets: 18.6 mi
- Train: 18.6 mi
- Smithland Town Museum: 0.8 mi
- Hornick Depot: 7.7 mi
- Monona County Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum: 15.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 24.3 mi
- Durr Hill: 11.0 mi
- Granger Hill: 13.4 mi
- Battle Hill: 19.7 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 20.8 mi
- Peiro: 6.8 mi
- Lucky Valley: 10.7 mi
- Dodds: 21.8 mi
- Inkpaduta Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- Tree Shelter: 17.1 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 20.7 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | WSW 240° | 426 m | 20.8 mi |
| Granger Hill | SSE 165° | 412 m | 13.4 mi |
| Durr Hill | SSW 193° | 391 m | 11.0 mi |
| Battle Hill | ENE 70° | 388 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:22 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:10 | 16:55 |
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 | 18 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mapleton No.2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7533290193
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