Edgewater Park
Edgewater Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 335 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Goldie & Beck Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 335 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 5.0 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gobbler Point · 2 mi
- Mount Lucia · 2 mi
- Kestrel Point · 2 mi
- Bobsled Run · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goldie & Beck Park: 0.2 mi
- Kirk Hansen Park: 0.8 mi
- Sodrac Park: 1.0 mi
- Prairie Blvd Park: 1.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.4 mi
- Theophile Bruguier Monument: 2.3 mi
- Chief War Eagle Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Combination Bridge Pillar: 4.2 mi
- Sky Art: 4.2 mi
- Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 4.2 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Heendah Hills Wildlife Managment Area: 4.3 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 6.3 mi
- Wimson Park: 9.1 mi
- The Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 3.9 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 4.0 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 4.1 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 4.2 mi
- Dakota Point: 2.9 mi
- Lookout Hill: 12.8 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 19.5 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 19.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 20.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 4.1 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 4.9 mi
- Towers of Time: 12.6 mi
- Harp: 20.2 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 16.5 mi
- Old Town: 21.8 mi
- Train: 21.8 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Edgewater Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 262° | 468 m | 19.5 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | WNW 303° | 430 m | 19.5 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | WNW 303° | 429 m | 22.2 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 303° | 426 m | 20.0 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 298° | 411 m | 12.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NW 305° | 395 m | 21.9 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNE 17° | 394 m | 2.9 mi |
| Volcano Hill | NW 305° | 382 m | 21.1 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 | 07:53 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Mapleleaf35 obs
- Fawnsfoot25 obs
- Deertoe Mussel23 obs
- Fragile Papershell18 obs
- Yellow Sandshell12 obs
- Freshwater Drum11 obs
- Largemouth Bass11 obs
- Carolina Mantis10 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/966483911
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- Sioux City · 5 mi
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