Kolb Memorial Garden
Kolb Memorial Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 429 m. Pilot Rock stands 366 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is AWAYSIS Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway
132 named places within 25 miles
- Storm Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Little Storm Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Gaherty Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Three Water Wildlife Area: 6.9 mi
- Sturchler Pit Area: 7.5 mi
- AWAYSIS Park: 0.0 mi
- Radio Park: 0.3 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 0.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Mandeville Park: 0.8 mi
- Log Cabin Museum: 0.3 mi
- Harker House: 1.1 mi
- Living Heritage Tree Museum: 1.1 mi
- Buena Vista County Historical Society Museum: 1.3 mi
- Albert City Historical Museum: 15.8 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.4 mi
- Firefighter Memorial Benches: 23.3 mi
- Chief Black Hawk Statue: 23.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 1.3 mi
- Casino Beach: 2.3 mi
- World's Largest Popcorn Ball: 17.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Nest: 24.4 mi
- Memorial Statue: 17.7 mi
- Quimby Centenial Train Mural: 23.3 mi
- Pilot Rock: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kolb Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Rock | WNW 283° | 366 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:20 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:05 | 16:51 |
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 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storm Lake, 1 mi away.
- common toadflax68 obs
- Red Clover63 obs
- wild carrot62 obs
- common milkweed61 obs
- bittersweet nightshade57 obs
- creeping thistle48 obs
- white clover46 obs
- purple loosestrife45 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354340595
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