Sioux City Art Center
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Sioux City Art Center is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 336 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sioux City Public Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Sioux City Art Center is an art museum located in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. The museum includes many temporary exhibits and features a permanent gallery. The museum includes a total of over 1,200 artworks. It began as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1937 when the several organizations, and the federal government, helped fund the project. The art museum moved several times, from 613 Pierce Street from 1938 to 1954, to the former Commerce Building from 1954 to 1966, and the American Legion Club Building from 1966 to 1997. The museum moved into its current location in 1997.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q7525439, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 336 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 1.9 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 1.9 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 5 mi
- Gobbler Point · 5 mi
- Kestrel Point · 5 mi
- Bobsled Run · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepard’s Garden: 0.3 mi
- Pearl Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Chris Larsen Park: 0.4 mi
- Mid-City Park: 0.5 mi
- Scenic Park: 0.6 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 1.9 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Edgewater Park: 4.5 mi
- Wimson Park: 5.5 mi
- Baker Park: 6.6 mi
- Public Safety Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Hard Rock Guitar: 0.3 mi
- Sky Art: 0.3 mi
- Flight 232 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 0.4 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 0.1 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 0.4 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 0.6 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 0.6 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 0.8 mi
- Dakota Point: 5.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 17.3 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 23.6 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 23.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 24.5 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 0.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 1.6 mi
- Towers of Time: 17.1 mi
- Harp: 22.0 mi
- Stevens: 5.3 mi
- Dodds: 10.8 mi
- Peiro: 24.4 mi
- Lucky Valley: 24.9 mi
- Old Town: 17.4 mi
- Train: 17.4 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 24.5 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 13.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sioux City Art Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 267° | 468 m | 23.6 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | WNW 301° | 430 m | 23.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 301° | 426 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 295° | 411 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dakota Point | NW 321° | 394 m | 5.5 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/208935680
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 1 mi
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