Skip to content

Holliday Creek Area Park

Holliday Creek Area Park from directly overhead

Holliday Creek Area Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 317 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodman Hollow State Preserve, a park 2.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 28 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
317 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45156, -94.10067

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodman Hollow State Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Oleson Park: 4.6 mi
  • RD Mitchell Park: 5.1 mi
  • Knollcrest Park: 5.3 mi
  • Fort Dodge Park: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 44
Museums: 9
Attractions: 4
  • Boneyard Hollow: 3.9 mi
  • Copperas Beds: 4.7 mi
  • Webster County Fairgrounds: 5.0 mi
  • "Twister Hill": 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Eide Memorial Fountain: 15.4 mi
  • Eagle Grove War Memorial: 17.8 mi
  • Founders Rock: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Freedom Rock: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Holliday Creek Area Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundSSE 167°362.7 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:4020:1520:58
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4316:0216:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162134475969727062503523
Precip in0.91.22.03.74.65.54.24.32.82.51.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Dodge 5nnw, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/923425411

More nature reserves in Iowa

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Holliday Creek Area Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens