Monument Square
Monument Square is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 369 m. Mount Moses stands 409 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 25 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
138 named places within 25 miles
- Sac City Access: 1.2 mi
- McDonald Greenbelt: 3.3 mi
- Whitetail Woods Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi
- Tomahawk Marsh Waterfowl Production Area: 5.9 mi
- Jana Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Cattail Cove: 0.1 mi
- Criss Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
- South Park: 0.8 mi
- Hagge County Park: 2.7 mi
- Sac County Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lake View Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- Lake View Museum: 8.6 mi
- Fonda Opera House Museum: 13.2 mi
- Odebolt Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
- Chief Black Hawk Statue: 8.3 mi
- Victory Arch: 18.9 mi
- War Memorial: 24.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 24.6 mi
- World's Largest Popcorn Ball: 0.6 mi
- Bald Eagle Nest: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 16.6 mi
- Casino Beach: 18.7 mi
- Memorial Statue: 0.0 mi
- Kolb Memorial Garden: 17.7 mi
- Mount Moses: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monument Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Moses | SSE 166° | 409 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:05 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAC City, under a mile away.
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Blue-fronted Dancer3 obs
- Delaware Skipper3 obs
- Widow Skimmer2 obs
- ground-ivy2 obs
- common motherwort2 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue2 obs
- Allegheny monkeyflower2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/481720525
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