Sioux Bend Wildlife Area
Sioux Bend Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 341 m. Battle Hill stands 388 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Houten-Southwell Roadside Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 341 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
80 named places within 25 miles
- Van Houten-Southwell Roadside Park: 0.4 mi
- Copeland Park: 0.4 mi
- Little Sioux Park: 1.6 mi
- Stahl Park: 7.0 mi
- Forsling Park: 7.1 mi
- Flemming Area: 0.7 mi
- Walling River Access: 1.4 mi
- Shagbark Hills: 1.9 mi
- Washta Access: 5.2 mi
- Ranney Knob County Park: 6.9 mi
- Smithland Town Museum: 18.8 mi
- Moorehead Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Tallman Museum: 22.3 mi
- Sanford Museum and Planetarium: 22.5 mi
- Hornick Depot: 23.2 mi
- Fighter jets: 0.7 mi
- Train: 13.6 mi
- Old Town: 13.6 mi
- Lucky Valley: 9.8 mi
- Peiro: 14.3 mi
- Dodds: 20.2 mi
- Firefighter Memorial Benches: 13.0 mi
- Inkpaduta Historical Marker: 16.9 mi
- Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach Trail: 18.9 mi
- Battle Hill: 15.0 mi
- Pilot Rock: 19.4 mi
- Quimby Centenial Train Mural: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sioux Bend Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Hill | SE 134° | 388 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pilot Rock | NE 40° | 366 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:58 | 19:36 |
| 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 | 17 | 22 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holstein, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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