Wilde Park
Wilde Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 332 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 332 m
How to reach it
- On the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 4.6 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 11 mi
- Gobbler Point · 11 mi
- Kestrel Point · 11 mi
- Bobsled Run · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Park: 0.1 mi
- Bishop Field: 0.2 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
- Jewel Park: 0.8 mi
- Jefferson Park: 0.8 mi
- Baker Park: 0.1 mi
- Wimson Park: 1.3 mi
- Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Weedland Access: 4.4 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 5.0 mi
- Dakota City: 3.7 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 4.0 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 4.0 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 4.3 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 5.1 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 0.6 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 1.5 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 6.7 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 6.9 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 6.9 mi
- Old Town: 15.6 mi
- Train: 15.6 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 20.7 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 20.9 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 20.9 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 6.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 8.3 mi
- Harp: 21.1 mi
- Towers of Time: 22.6 mi
- Dodds: 9.9 mi
- Stevens: 11.5 mi
- Peiro: 19.5 mi
- Lucky Valley: 21.0 mi
- Dakota Point: 12.1 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 22.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 22.9 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 7.0 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 0.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilde Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | S 174° | 426 m | 22.5 mi |
| Lookout Hill | NW 306° | 411 m | 22.9 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 329° | 394 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:11 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee5 obs
- Zebra Jumping Spider4 obs
- Margined Calligrapher4 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- White-lined Sphinx3 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove2 obs
- Chipping Sparrow2 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider2 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/838761541
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