Shagbark Hills
Shagbark Hills is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 382 m. Battle Hill stands 388 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sioux Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 382 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
78 named places within 25 miles
- Little Sioux Park: 0.7 mi
- Copeland Park: 1.6 mi
- Van Houten-Southwell Roadside Park: 2.0 mi
- Stahl Park: 5.8 mi
- Forsling Park: 6.0 mi
- Sioux Bend Wildlife Area: 1.9 mi
- Walling River Access: 2.5 mi
- Flemming Area: 2.6 mi
- Washta Access: 6.4 mi
- Ranney Knob County Park: 8.4 mi
- Smithland Town Museum: 17.4 mi
- Moorehead Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
- Hornick Depot: 22.3 mi
- Tallman Museum: 23.6 mi
- Sanford Museum and Planetarium: 23.7 mi
- Fighter jets: 1.3 mi
- Train: 14.4 mi
- Old Town: 14.4 mi
- Lucky Valley: 9.2 mi
- Peiro: 13.5 mi
- Dodds: 21.0 mi
- Firefighter Memorial Benches: 14.1 mi
- Inkpaduta Historical Marker: 15.5 mi
- Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail: 17.5 mi
- Battle Hill: 13.3 mi
- Pilot Rock: 20.4 mi
- Quimby Centenial Train Mural: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shagbark Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Hill | SE 130° | 388 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pilot Rock | NE 35° | 366 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:22 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:08 | 16:54 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek 3NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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