Buddy Holly Crash Site
Buddy Holly Crash Site is an artwork in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Buddy Holly Glasses, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 100 miles off.
How to reach it
- 100.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wallys Woods: 2.5 mi
- Teal Basins Waterfowl Production Area: 3.0 mi
- Kingfisher Hollow Access: 3.4 mi
- Storre Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Winnebago Oxbow: 3.8 mi
- Fieldstone Park: 5.0 mi
- Molly McGowan Park: 5.3 mi
- D A R Park: 5.4 mi
- Triangle Park: 5.5 mi
- Clear Lake Municipal Tennis Courts: 5.6 mi
- Buddy Holly Glasses: 0.4 mi
- Three Stars Monument: 5.6 mi
- National Register of Historic Places: 5.6 mi
- World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Brewery: 9.9 mi
- Kinney Pioneer Museum: 5.3 mi
- Clear Lake Fire Museum: 5.6 mi
- Lime Creek Nature Center: 9.8 mi
- Manly Junction Railroad Museum: 10.1 mi
- Manly Caboose Museum: 10.5 mi
- City Beach: 6.0 mi
- Clear Lake State Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Dodges Beach: 8.0 mi
- Farmers Beach: 8.4 mi
- The Music Man Square: 10.4 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 10.6 mi
- Central Gardens of North Iowa: 5.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.9 mi
- Harmony in Light: 10.3 mi
- Iowa Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
- Spring of Winnebago River: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buddy Holly Crash Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | WNW 285° | 443 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:55 | 16:42 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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