Carlson Recreation Area
Carlson Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 282 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Skillet Creek Indian Mounds Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 282 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Park: 4.3 mi
- Lake Ole Park: 4.4 mi
- Don Williams Park: 8.1 mi
- Bells Mill Park: 9.0 mi
- Tunnel Mills Access: 10.9 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 19.9 mi
- South Entrance Monument: 20.0 mi
- Barbara’s Portal: 20.5 mi
- Into the Maelstrom: 21.1 mi
- Bunny: 21.3 mi
- Skillet Creek Indian Mounds Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Rohades Acres: 2.3 mi
- Pilot Mound State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Lost Acres WIldlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Deception Hollow Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Founders Rock: 8.1 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Plains Overlook: 21.2 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 21.2 mi
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock: 21.3 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 21.4 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 23.7 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 23.7 mi
- Reiman Gardens: 23.7 mi
- Vintage Iron Antiques Museum: 4.1 mi
- Hickory Grove Rural School Museum: 8.4 mi
- Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 13.1 mi
- Hickory Grove School Museum: 13.5 mi
- "Twister Hill": 4.8 mi
- Copperas Beds: 11.6 mi
- Boneyard Hollow: 12.3 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 12.5 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 12.6 mi
- Pilot Mound: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carlson Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | S 190° | 362.7 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:14 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:02 | 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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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