Betty Strong Encounter Center
Betty Strong Encounter Center is a museum in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 1.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 4 mi
- Gobbler Point · 4 mi
- Kestrel Point · 5 mi
- Bobsled Run · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chris Larsen Park: 0.3 mi
- Covington Park: 0.3 mi
- Cook Park: 0.6 mi
- Pearl Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Klasey Park: 0.7 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 2.3 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Edgewater Park: 4.1 mi
- Wimson Park: 5.5 mi
- Heendah Hills Wildlife Managment Area: 6.7 mi
- Combination Bridge Pillar: 0.2 mi
- Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Flight 232 Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Hard Rock Guitar: 0.4 mi
- Sky Art: 0.5 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 0.0 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 0.2 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 0.6 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 0.6 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 0.7 mi
- Dakota Point: 5.3 mi
- Lookout Hill: 16.8 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 23.0 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 23.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 24.1 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 1.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 1.8 mi
- Towers of Time: 16.7 mi
- Harp: 21.4 mi
- Old Town: 18.0 mi
- Train: 18.0 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 25.0 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 13.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Betty Strong Encounter Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 267° | 468 m | 23.0 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | WNW 302° | 430 m | 23.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 302° | 426 m | 24.1 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 297° | 411 m | 16.8 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 327° | 394 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:11 | 16:56 |
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 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2355596291
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 1 mi
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