Cottonwood Cove Park
Cottonwood Cove Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 332 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dakota City, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 332 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 2.4 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 9 mi
- Gobbler Point · 9 mi
- Kestrel Point · 10 mi
- Bobsled Run · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Atokad Park: 2.2 mi
- Jefferson Park: 2.6 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 2.8 mi
- Crystal Cove Park: 3.0 mi
- Cardinal Park: 3.0 mi
- Wimson Park: 2.5 mi
- Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
- Baker Park: 3.4 mi
- Weedland Access: 3.4 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 4.7 mi
- Dakota City: 0.7 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 3.8 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 3.8 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 4.0 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 4.3 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 2.0 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 2.8 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 5.4 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 5.4 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 5.5 mi
- Old Town: 18.7 mi
- Train: 18.7 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 22.1 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 22.3 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 22.3 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 5.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 7.2 mi
- Harp: 18.3 mi
- Towers of Time: 19.6 mi
- Stevens: 9.1 mi
- Dodds: 12.5 mi
- Peiro: 22.8 mi
- Lucky Valley: 24.3 mi
- Dakota Point: 10.3 mi
- Lookout Hill: 20.0 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 23.5 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 23.7 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 8.4 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 3.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Cove Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 281° | 468 m | 23.5 mi |
| Blackbird Hill | SSE 165° | 426 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lookout Hill | NW 311° | 411 m | 20.0 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 343° | 394 m | 10.3 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 | 16:57 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Common Grackle1 obs
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak1 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch1 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood1 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad1 obs
- Banded Garden Spider1 obs
- bottlebrush grass1 obs
- Familiar Bluet1 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 node/357789094
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 6 mi
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