Leif Erickson Park
Leif Erickson Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunken Garden Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 4.0 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 4 mi
- Gobbler Point · 4 mi
- Kestrel Point · 4 mi
- Bobsled Run · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunken Garden Park: 0.3 mi
- Hubbard Park: 0.3 mi
- Krumman Park: 0.5 mi
- Grandview Park: 0.7 mi
- Spalding Park: 0.7 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 3.5 mi
- Edgewater Park: 4.7 mi
- Heendah Hills Wildlife Managment Area: 5.5 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- The Sacred Heart of Jesus: 0.9 mi
- Heaven's Very Special Child Shrine: 1.0 mi
- St. Michael Statue: 1.0 mi
- St. Francis: 1.0 mi
- Circle of Life: 1.0 mi
- Jolly Time Koated Kernels: 1.4 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 1.9 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 2.1 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 2.4 mi
- Dakota Point: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 16.9 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 23.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 23.8 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 24.2 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 0.8 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 1.9 mi
- Towers of Time: 16.8 mi
- Harp: 23.7 mi
- Old Town: 17.2 mi
- Train: 17.2 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 22.6 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 15.4 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leif Erickson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | W 262° | 468 m | 24.2 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | WNW 296° | 430 m | 23.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 296° | 426 m | 23.8 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 289° | 411 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dakota Point | WNW 300° | 394 m | 4.4 mi |
| Volcano Hill | WNW 298° | 382 m | 24.8 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 | 16:10 | 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, 9 mi away.
- Wild Turkey11 obs
- Northern Cardinal9 obs
- white snakeroot9 obs
- Downy Woodpecker9 obs
- White-tailed Deer8 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider7 obs
- ground-ivy7 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/229482259
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 2 mi
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