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Audubon Trail Restoration 2012 Rock

Audubon Trail Restoration 2012 Rock from directly overhead

Audubon Trail Restoration 2012 Rock is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Firetruck, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory of Ed and Sue Collins Who Loved and Enjoyed Brookside Park

How to reach it

Coordinates42.03089, -93.62974

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Firetruck: 0.1 mi
  • Inuksuk: 0.1 mi
  • Skate Park Mosaic: 0.2 mi
  • Rising Wave: 0.3 mi
  • Handprint Table: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Brookside Park: 0.1 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ames Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Richardson Court Park: 0.7 mi
  • Stuart Smith Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 51
Gardens: 22
  • Community Gardens: 1.0 mi
  • Jones Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Penkhus Campanile Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Buck Rose Collection: 1.4 mi
Museums: 21
Attractions: 9
  • Elwood the Gnome: 1.5 mi
  • Story City Carousel: 11.1 mi
  • Goat Pen: 12.9 mi
  • Turkey Pen: 12.9 mi
  • Chickens: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Audubon Trail Restoration 2012 Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundWNW 294°362.7 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:4020:1220:54
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4016:0216:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202437496171737163513725
Precip in0.60.81.93.95.25.24.44.93.32.81.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2534230586

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