Cardinal Park
Cardinal Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 335 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Raymond Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 335 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- South Sioux City Middle/High School
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 0.4 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 1.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 7 mi
- Gobbler Point · 7 mi
- Kestrel Point · 7 mi
- Bobsled Run · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Raymond Park: 0.9 mi
- Crystal Cove Park: 1.2 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 1.5 mi
- Atokad Park: 1.5 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 1.6 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 2.1 mi
- Wimson Park: 3.2 mi
- Baker Park: 4.5 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 1.5 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 1.6 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 1.6 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 1.6 mi
- Dakota City: 2.3 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 2.5 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 2.5 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 2.6 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 2.7 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 2.8 mi
- Old Town: 17.7 mi
- Train: 17.7 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 24.7 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 24.9 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 24.9 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 2.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 4.2 mi
- Towers of Time: 18.2 mi
- Harp: 20.2 mi
- Stevens: 6.9 mi
- Dodds: 11.2 mi
- Peiro: 23.4 mi
- Lucky Valley: 24.4 mi
- Dakota Point: 7.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 18.5 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 23.5 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 11.0 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 4.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cardinal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 273° | 468 m | 23.5 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 303° | 411 m | 18.5 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 334° | 394 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:11 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail7 obs
- American Robin5 obs
- hemp dogbane5 obs
- hoary vervain5 obs
- Cannabis5 obs
- white snakeroot5 obs
- Illinois bundleflower5 obs
- Common Sunflower4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1219112857
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 3 mi
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