Santee Prairie
Santee Prairie is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 441 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Forks Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 441 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Forks Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Pikes Point State Park: 3.9 mi
- Silver Lake Park: 4.8 mi
- Gull Point State Park: 4.9 mi
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary Playground: 5.0 mi
- Cayler Prairie Complex Waterfowl Production Area: 1.4 mi
- Cayler Prairie State Preserve: 1.4 mi
- West Okoboji Wetlands Complex: 2.4 mi
- Cory Marsh Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
- Yager Slough WPA: 3.3 mi
- Egralharve Beach: 3.1 mi
- Raebels Beach: 3.2 mi
- Estherville Beach: 3.2 mi
- Brownells Beach: 3.4 mi
- Pike's Point Beach: 3.8 mi
- Higgins Museum: 5.8 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 6.3 mi
- Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum: 6.3 mi
- Iowa Rock N Roll Museum: 6.3 mi
- Dickinson County Museum: 6.7 mi
- Bike Monument: 4.4 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 6.2 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 10.6 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 19.9 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 20.5 mi
- Jackson County Highest Point: 13.0 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 14.1 mi
- Martin County Highest Point: 20.4 mi
- Hawkeye Point: 23.7 mi
- Holthe Overlook: 24.5 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 17.1 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 19.0 mi
- Worthington Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 7.1 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santee Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkeye Point | W 277° | 509 m | 23.7 mi |
| Ocheyedan Mound | W 266° | 490 m | 14.1 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | NW 305° | 480.3 m | 13.0 mi |
| Martin County Highest Point | ENE 72° | 429.8 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:22 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford 4 NW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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