Sandpiper Hills Waterfowl Production Area
Sandpiper Hills Waterfowl Production Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 371 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mallard Marsh, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 101 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 371 m
How to reach it
- 100.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mallard Marsh: 0.6 mi
- Prairie Pothole Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
- Winnebago Oxbow: 1.4 mi
- Haugen Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Kuhn Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
- Pilot Knob State Park: 3.9 mi
- Winnebago River Canoe Access: 7.3 mi
- Armour Pugh Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Eastwoods Park: 7.6 mi
- Thomas Bearse Park: 7.6 mi
- Buddy Holly Glasses: 5.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 7.7 mi
- Three Stars Monument: 8.2 mi
- National Register of Historic Places: 8.2 mi
- World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Mansion Museum: 8.2 mi
- Clear Lake Fire Museum: 8.5 mi
- Holtan Farm Museum: 9.1 mi
- Kinney Pioneer Museum: 9.4 mi
- Manly Junction Railroad Museum: 14.4 mi
- City Beach: 8.7 mi
- Dodges Beach: 9.0 mi
- Farmers Beach: 9.0 mi
- Clear Lake State Park Beach: 9.8 mi
- Buddy Holly Crash Site: 5.2 mi
- Harmony in Light: 15.4 mi
- The Music Man Square: 15.5 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 15.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.7 mi
- Central Gardens of North Iowa: 8.6 mi
- Iowa Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
- Spring of Winnebago River: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sandpiper Hills Waterfowl Production Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | WNW 285° | 443 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:55 | 16:42 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forest City 2 NNE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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