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Children's Park

Children's Park from directly overhead

Children's Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Villa Heights Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
350 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50591, -96.42744

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 22
  • Sky Art: 1.2 mi
  • Hard Rock Guitar: 1.2 mi
  • Public Safety Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 1.3 mi
  • Combination Bridge Pillar: 1.4 mi
Museums: 14
Peaks: 7
Artworks: 4
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue: 1.2 mi
  • This Is Sioux CIty: 1.8 mi
  • Towers of Time: 15.7 mi
  • Harp: 21.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Old Town: 18.7 mi
  • Train: 18.7 mi
  • Kiddie Barn: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood HillW 264°468 m22.5 mi
Boy Scout HillWNW 300°430 m22.5 mi
Indian HillWNW 301°426 m23.0 mi
Lookout HillWNW 294°411 m15.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 302°395 m24.8 mi
Dakota PointNW 326°394 m4.0 mi
Volcano HillWNW 302°382 m24.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:4920:2421:07
September equinox07:1418:4819:25
December solstice07:5316:1116:56

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, 8 mi away.

  • American Robin10 obs
  • leadplant10 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • ground-ivy8 obs
  • Bald Eagle7 obs
  • great mullein7 obs
  • slender leafy spurge7 obs
  • purple crownvetch7 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/839428468

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