Waubonsie State Park
Waubonsie State Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 335 m. King Hill stands 359 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Militia Howl Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 335 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Heritage Highway
117 named places within 25 miles
- Golden Acres Park: 4.3 mi
- Hamburg City Park: 4.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 5.4 mi
- Sidney City Park: 5.4 mi
- Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trail & Visitors Center: 7.6 mi
- Militia Howl Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Draper Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Sidney Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Cooper Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- M U Payne Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Fremont County Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Taylor-Wessel-Bickel House: 8.7 mi
- Civil War Veterans Museum: 8.9 mi
- Nebraska City Museum of Firefighting: 9.2 mi
- Old Freighters Museum: 9.2 mi
- Minersville: 7.5 mi
- Sonora: 12.2 mi
- Factoryville: 17.1 mi
- Scott City: 19.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Sinister Sidney: 5.9 mi
- Brown-Carson Historic House: 19.1 mi
- Brownville Historical Marker: 19.1 mi
- Muir House Historical Marker: 19.1 mi
- Captain Meriwether Lewis: 19.3 mi
- Mayhew Cabin Historical Marker: 9.6 mi
- J. Sterling Morton Monument: 9.9 mi
- Peru State College Historical Marker: 13.9 mi
- Atchison County Walk of Honor: 20.2 mi
- Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
- Brickyard Hill: 14.9 mi
- King Hill: 17.8 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Queen Hill: 19.9 mi
- Peru Trail Depot: 13.0 mi
- Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waubonsie State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | NNW 335° | 359 m | 17.8 mi |
| Brickyard Hill | SSE 157° | 344 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:17 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:16 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney 1sse, 5 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle22 obs
- Great Plains yucca16 obs
- Hackberry Emperor14 obs
- pointed-leaved tick-trefoil13 obs
- common milkweed12 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit12 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral12 obs
- white snakeroot12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/245917683
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