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Belgum Grove

Belgum Grove from directly overhead

Belgum Grove is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Perkl stands 257 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Iowa Township Park, a park 5.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 27 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Bur Oak Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56006, -91.61094

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Iowa Township Park: 5.4 mi
  • Legion Park: 5.8 mi
  • Railroad Park: 5.8 mi
  • Hall Park: 5.9 mi
  • Iowa City Kickers Soccer Park: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 51
Attractions: 23
  • Iowa City Pedestrian Mall: 7.9 mi
  • World’s Largest Wooden Nickel: 10.0 mi
  • Colony Acres: 11.8 mi
  • Tallgrass Prairie Observation Deck: 15.3 mi
  • Presidential Library Association: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 22
Historic sites: 10
  • Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk: 5.8 mi
  • Herky: 8.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Iowa Firefighters Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • President and Mrs. Hoover Gravesite: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Cremation Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 23.3 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Perkl: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sugar Bottom Campground Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Sugar Bottom Day Use Beach: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • I-380 Southbound Cedar Rapids Rest Stop: 21.4 mi
  • I-380 Northbound Cedar Rapids Rest Stop: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belgum Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PerklN 9°257 m11.4 mi
Sand HillNNW 332°244 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3115:5516:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212537496170747164523826
Precip in1.11.42.33.95.05.54.64.33.53.02.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iowa City, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/795412122

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