Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area
Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 329 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Weedland Access, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 329 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 2.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 12 mi
- Gobbler Point · 12 mi
- Kestrel Point · 12 mi
- Bobsled Run · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cottonwood Cove Park: 2.8 mi
- Jewel Park: 3.0 mi
- Jefferson Park: 3.4 mi
- Bishop Field: 3.6 mi
- Oak Park: 3.7 mi
- Weedland Access: 0.7 mi
- Mile Long Island Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
- Baker Park: 3.9 mi
- Wimson Park: 4.0 mi
- Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Dakota City: 3.6 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 6.2 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 6.2 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 6.5 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 7.0 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 3.4 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 3.4 mi
- O'Connor House Museum Complex: 5.2 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 8.2 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 8.3 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 19.3 mi
- Old Town: 19.3 mi
- Train: 19.4 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 19.5 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 19.5 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 8.5 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 10.0 mi
- Harp: 17.4 mi
- Towers of Time: 21.8 mi
- Stevens: 11.8 mi
- Dodds: 13.7 mi
- Peiro: 22.0 mi
- Lucky Valley: 24.0 mi
- Dakota Point: 13.1 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 20.9 mi
- Lookout Hill: 22.1 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 24.4 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 5.9 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 3.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | WNW 287° | 468 m | 24.4 mi |
| Blackbird Hill | SSE 164° | 426 m | 20.9 mi |
| Lookout Hill | NW 316° | 411 m | 22.1 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 346° | 394 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:11 | 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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City AP, 2 mi away.
- Smooth Brome1 obs
- whorled milkweed1 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/1035834736
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- Sioux City · 9 mi
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