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Bacon Creek Park

Bacon Creek Park from directly overhead

Bacon Creek Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Lookout Hill stands 411 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spalding Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49643, -96.33692

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 21
  • St. Michael Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Circle of Life: 3.0 mi
  • Queen Of Peace: 3.0 mi
  • Shrine to the Holy Family: 3.0 mi
  • Father Harold Cooper: 3.0 mi
Museums: 14
Artworks: 4
  • This Is Sioux CIty: 3.0 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Towers of Time: 20.2 mi
  • Harp: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Old Town: 14.0 mi
  • Train: 14.0 mi
  • Kiddie Barn: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Peaks: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bacon Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout HillWNW 291°411 m20.3 mi
Dakota PointWNW 300°394 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:4920:2421:07
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5316:1016:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192436485970757264513624
Precip in0.70.91.63.14.54.63.43.93.02.41.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 7 mi away.

  • white snakeroot13 obs
  • Canada Goose11 obs
  • purple crownvetch8 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird7 obs
  • smooth sumac7 obs
  • roughleaf dogwood6 obs
  • Gray Catbird5 obs
  • horseweed5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/226000048

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