Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area
Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivy Island Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
115 named places within 25 miles
- Onawa Materials Yard Wildlife Area: 3.6 mi
- Beck Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- UMÓⁿHOⁿ / Omaha Nation Public School Park: 5.5 mi
- Decatur Bend County Park: 5.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark State Park: 5.7 mi
- Ivy Island Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Tieville Bend Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Upper Monona Bend Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Omaha Mission Bend Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Louisville Bend Wildlife Area: 9.9 mi
- Monona County Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
- Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum: 8.9 mi
- Hornick Depot: 14.4 mi
- John G Neihardt State Historic Site: 16.2 mi
- Burt County Museum: 19.6 mi
- Caboose: 13.5 mi
- Tank: 13.9 mi
- Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail: 20.1 mi
- Inkpaduta Historical Marker: 22.0 mi
- Blue Ox: 23.2 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 3.1 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 3.1 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 3.3 mi
- Murray Hall: 21.6 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 1.9 mi
- Durr Hill: 14.1 mi
- Granger Hill: 20.0 mi
- The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 16.2 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 17.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Tree Shelter: 5.7 mi
- Peiro: 23.3 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Iowa DOT Rest Area (Parking Only): 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | NW 307° | 426 m | 1.9 mi |
| Granger Hill | E 94° | 412 m | 20.0 mi |
| Durr Hill | E 87° | 391 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:23 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:12 | 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 | 19 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onawa 3NW, 7 mi away.
- northern prickly ash1 obs
- purple prairie clover1 obs
- Smooth Brome1 obs
- White Sucker1 obs
- white prairie clover1 obs
- Blue Sucker1 obs
- pale purple coneflower1 obs
- partridge pea1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1035841073
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