Fountain Springs Creek Park
Fountain Springs Creek Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Bear Hill stands 360 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Bridges Park and Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 297 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.4 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crows Nest · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edgewood City Park: 5.3 mi
- Colesburg City Park: 5.4 mi
- Colesburg Roadside Park: 5.7 mi
- Conrad Park: 9.6 mi
- Ruth Suckow Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
- Twin Bridges Park and Wildlife Area: 1.3 mi
- Cow Branch Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Pine Creek (Clayton) Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge - Pine Creek Unit: 5.1 mi
- Bixby State Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Ecology Nature Center: 4.1 mi
- Plagmans Barn Museum: 9.2 mi
- Heritage House Museum: 10.7 mi
- Red Barn Model Railroad Museum: 11.5 mi
- Wilder Memorial Museum: 12.6 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 11.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins): 13.0 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Wolf Hill: 11.9 mi
- Chicken Ridge: 15.2 mi
- Hefel Ridge: 17.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 17.4 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 17.7 mi
- York: 7.1 mi
- Elkport: 8.8 mi
- Littleport: 10.0 mi
- Hartwick: 14.4 mi
- Manchester Fish Hatchery: 11.6 mi
- Field of Dreams: 15.2 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 15.7 mi
- Richardson-Jakway House: 21.6 mi
- Richmond Spring: 12.9 mi
- Big Spring: 16.6 mi
- Waterfalls: 4.1 mi
- World's Largest Strawberry: 12.5 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fountain Springs Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Hill | WNW 295° | 360 m | 22.9 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | NNW 333° | 355 m | 15.2 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | E 86° | 355 m | 20.0 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 260° | 339 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 311° | 329 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hefel Ridge | ENE 75° | 281 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | E 84° | 241 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:50 | 16:35 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester #2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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