Deer Creek Wildlife Management Area
Deer Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 397 m. Boy Scout Hill stands 430 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve, a nature reserve 3.6 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 15.1 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 18.8 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Bobsled Run · 13 mi
- Kestrel Point · 13 mi
- Gobbler Point · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Park: 9.0 mi
- Hillview Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Danish Alp State Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Ponca State Park: 13.1 mi
- Stone State Park: 13.3 mi
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus: 15.5 mi
- St. Francis: 15.5 mi
- Heaven's Very Special Child Shrine: 15.5 mi
- Father Harold Cooper: 15.6 mi
- Shrine to the Holy Family: 15.6 mi
- Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Knapp Prairie: 5.5 mi
- River's Bend Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 9.3 mi
- The Railroad Museum: 13.9 mi
- Jolly Time Koated Kernels: 16.8 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 16.9 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 17.1 mi
- Towers of Time: 13.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 15.7 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 17.3 mi
- W. O. "Doc" Farber: 21.0 mi
- Legacy: 21.1 mi
- Dakota Point: 12.3 mi
- Lookout Hill: 13.3 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 15.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 15.7 mi
- Volcano Hill: 16.1 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- HyVee Garden: 20.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 21.2 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 18.8 mi
- Calliope Village: 19.3 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scout Hill | WSW 255° | 430 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | W 261° | 429 m | 17.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 256° | 426 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lookout Hill | SW 228° | 411 m | 13.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 262° | 395 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dakota Point | S 169° | 394 m | 12.3 mi |
| Spirit Mound | WNW 294° | 390 m | 24.6 mi |
| Volcano Hill | W 260° | 382 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:25 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:10 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawarden, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Sioux City · 17 mi
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