Echo Valley State Park
Echo Valley State Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 357 m. Corn Hill stands 364 m to the south, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Glovers Creek Fish & Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Clark Park: 1.8 mi
- Courthouse Square: 2.1 mi
- Lions Park: 2.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.3 mi
- West Union Recreation Center: 2.4 mi
- Glovers Creek Fish & Wildlife Area: 0.6 mi
- Dutton Cave County Park: 3.6 mi
- Volga River State Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Volga River Access: 7.3 mi
- Gilbertson Conservation Education Area: 7.9 mi
- Corn Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bear Hill: 13.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 15.5 mi
- Chicken Ridge: 19.1 mi
- Donnan: 6.3 mi
- Conover: 19.7 mi
- Littleport: 24.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 7.3 mi
- Wadena Veteran's Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins): 24.1 mi
- World's Largest Strawberry: 21.8 mi
- Richmond Spring: 23.9 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 24.6 mi
- Richardson-Jakway House: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Echo Valley State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn Hill | S 169° | 364 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSE 168° | 360 m | 13.6 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | ESE 118° | 355 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 137° | 329 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fayette, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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