Mattison Park
Mattison Park is a park in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 350 m. Cottonwood Hill stands 468 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Towers of Time, a artwork 1.9 miles away. Outlaw Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Outlaw Trail
- 10.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Bobsled Run · 12 mi
- Gobbler Point · 12 mi
- Kestrel Point · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ponca State Park: 3.3 mi
- Danish Alp State Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Martinsburg Park: 7.7 mi
- Jefferson Park: 7.7 mi
- Lewis and Clark Camp Site Historical Marker: 10.1 mi
- Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker: 10.6 mi
- Theophile Bruguier Monument: 13.5 mi
- Chief War Eagle Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Combination Bridge Pillar: 15.6 mi
- Siouxland Veteran Memorial Bridge Plaque: 15.6 mi
- Elk Point Bend State Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Edgewater Park: 11.4 mi
- Five Ridge Prairie State Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Union County Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- The Railroad Museum: 11.7 mi
- Dixon County Museum: 12.6 mi
- Sergent Floyd River Museum: 15.3 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 15.4 mi
- Towers of Time: 1.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 15.3 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 16.3 mi
- W. O. "Doc" Farber: 18.9 mi
- William Shakespeare: 18.9 mi
- Lookout Hill: 2.5 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 9.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 9.6 mi
- Cottonwood Hill: 10.6 mi
- Volcano Hill: 10.7 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- HyVee Garden: 18.6 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 18.9 mi
- Stevens: 10.7 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mattison Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Hill | SW 233° | 468 m | 10.6 mi |
| Boy Scout Hill | NW 322° | 430 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NW 317° | 429 m | 11.5 mi |
| Indian Hill | NW 322° | 426 m | 9.6 mi |
| Lookout Hill | NNW 348° | 411 m | 2.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NW 321° | 395 m | 11.5 mi |
| Dakota Point | E 94° | 394 m | 11.7 mi |
| Volcano Hill | NW 323° | 382 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:26 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vermillion 2 SE, 18 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel5 obs
- false sunflower5 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee4 obs
- butterfly milkweed3 obs
- field bindweed3 obs
- Alfalfa3 obs
- hoary vervain3 obs
- Mourning Dove2 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/447673260
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 16 mi
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