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Sacajawea Park

Sacajawea Park from directly overhead

Sacajawea Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 357 m. Lookout Hill stands 411 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulaski Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
357 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.47408, -96.37639

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 21
  • Siouxland Freedom Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sergeant Floyd Monument: 0.8 mi
  • First Bride's Grave: 1.1 mi
  • First Bride's Grave: 1.1 mi
  • Flight 232 Memorial: 2.0 mi
Museums: 15
Artworks: 4
  • This Is Sioux CIty: 1.7 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Towers of Time: 18.9 mi
  • Harp: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Old Town: 16.0 mi
  • Train: 16.0 mi
  • Kiddie Barn: 25.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Peaks: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sacajawea Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout HillWNW 297°411 m19.1 mi
Dakota PointNW 319°394 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:4920:2421:07
September equinox07:1418:4719:25
December solstice07:5316:1116:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192436485970757264513624
Precip in0.70.91.63.14.54.63.43.93.02.41.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 5 mi away.

  • white snakeroot15 obs
  • hoary vervain8 obs
  • common milkweed6 obs
  • Cannabis6 obs
  • smooth sumac5 obs
  • white mulberry5 obs
  • creeping thistle5 obs
  • horseweed5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1039450326

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