Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve
Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 421 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 16.0 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Bobsled Run · 10 mi
- Kestrel Point · 10 mi
- Gobbler Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Park: 5.4 mi
- Stone State Park: 10.2 mi
- Ponca State Park: 10.3 mi
- Danish Alp State Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Sodrac Park: 11.0 mi
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus: 13.1 mi
- St. Francis: 13.2 mi
- Heaven's Very Special Child Shrine: 13.2 mi
- Father Harold Cooper: 13.2 mi
- Shrine to the Holy Family: 13.2 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Deer Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Knapp Prairie: 4.5 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Heendah Hills Wildlife Managment Area: 7.7 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
- The Railroad Museum: 10.8 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 14.2 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 14.3 mi
- Jolly Time Koated Kernels: 14.4 mi
- Towers of Time: 10.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 13.1 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 14.6 mi
- W. O. "Doc" Farber: 20.9 mi
- Legacy: 21.0 mi
- Dakota Point: 9.2 mi
- Lookout Hill: 10.4 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 13.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 14.2 mi
- Volcano Hill: 14.7 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- HyVee Garden: 20.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 21.0 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 20.9 mi
- Calliope Village: 22.9 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SW 230° | 468 m | 21.9 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | W 267° | 430 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | W 272° | 429 m | 16.1 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 269° | 426 m | 14.2 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WSW 238° | 411 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 274° | 395 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dakota Point | SSE 159° | 394 m | 9.2 mi |
| Volcano Hill | W 273° | 382 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:39 |
| 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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