Loess Hills

For the Loess Hills wine region, see Loess Hills District AVA.
Loess Hills
Loess Hills east of Mondamin, Iowa.
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LocationWestern Iowa and Missouri, U.S.
Coordinates41°48′05″N 95°59′42″W / 41.8013°N 95.995°W / 41.8013; -95.995
Designated1986
Snow geese flying in front of the Loess Hills at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in the Missouri River bottoms near Mound City, Missouri

The Loess Hills are a formation of wind-deposited loess soil in the westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the easternmost parts of Nebraska and Kansas, along the Missouri River.