Plains Overlook
Plains Overlook is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Medicine Wheel, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Ames Noon Kiwanis Town & Country Kiwanis Golden K Club
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 138.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Inuksuk: 0.6 mi
- Three Crosses of Calvary: 1.2 mi
- Start to Finish: 2.5 mi
- Rising Wave: 2.5 mi
- Dire Enticement: 2.9 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Canoe Access: 0.9 mi
- Lloyd Kurtz Park: 1.0 mi
- Northridge Heights Park: 1.0 mi
- Top-O-Hollow Park: 1.1 mi
- The Somerset Lawn: 1.4 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Wakefield Woods: 3.0 mi
- Leopold Woods: 3.4 mi
- Munn Woods: 3.4 mi
- McFarland Park: 3.7 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 0.0 mi
- Louis H. Pammel Rock: 0.3 mi
- Skunk River Overlook: 0.4 mi
- Paul Errington Rock: 0.4 mi
- John F Lacey Rock: 0.4 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Community Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 4.2 mi
- Jones Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
- Buck Rose Collection: 4.2 mi
- Farm House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ames History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 3.5 mi
- City of Roland Museum: 9.7 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 12.4 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 4.3 mi
- Story City Carousel: 8.5 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 13.0 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 13.0 mi
- Goat Pen: 15.5 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 10.7 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 11.7 mi
- Pilot Mound: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plains Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 287° | 362.7 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2534135187
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