Veterans Park
Veterans Park is a park in Nebraska, at a recorded elevation of 355 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Trino and Babe Gomez Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 355 m
How to reach it
- On the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Gobbler Point · 21 mi
- Mount Lucia · 21 mi
- Kestrel Point · 21 mi
- Bobsled Run · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trino and Babe Gomez Park: 0.5 mi
- Winnebago Scouts Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital Historical Marker: 6.0 mi
- Tonwantonga Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
- Snyder Bend Park: 7.7 mi
- Dakota City: 13.3 mi
- Blue Ox: 15.4 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 16.2 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 16.2 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 16.5 mi
- O'Connor House Museum Complex: 5.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 13.0 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 13.3 mi
- Heritage Museum of Thurston County: 14.6 mi
- John G Neihardt State Historic Site: 16.3 mi
- Mission Bend: 6.9 mi
- Snyder Bend Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Mile Long Island Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Weedland Access: 9.3 mi
- Harp: 13.4 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 18.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 19.7 mi
- Tree Shelter: 20.8 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 8.4 mi
- The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 16.4 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 13.5 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 13.7 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 13.7 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 14.0 mi
- Dakota Point: 22.1 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | SE 140° | 426 m | 14.0 mi |
| Dakota Point | N 0° | 394 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:12 | 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 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walthill 1E, 6 mi away.
- common milkweed3 obs
- upright prairie coneflower2 obs
- leadplant2 obs
- Hudsonian Godwit1 obs
- American Robin1 obs
- Burrowing Owl1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- pale jewelweed1 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/357788922
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 19 mi
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