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Hunt Woods Park

Hunt Woods Park from directly overhead

Hunt Woods Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Gittings Mound stands 230 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackhawk Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76963, -91.16900

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Perkins Park: 3.3 mi
  • Summer Street Park: 3.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 3.4 mi
  • Pat Klein Park: 3.5 mi
  • West Burlington Community Park: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 37
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Des Moines County Fair: 3.2 mi
  • Sante Fe Locomotive: 12.1 mi
  • Sante Fe Caboose: 12.3 mi
  • CB&Q Depot: 12.3 mi
  • ATSF Depot: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Jollyville Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Gittings Mound: 11.1 mi
  • Mount Moriah: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • East Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Riley Creek Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gittings MoundSE 146°230 m11.1 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 206°195 m23.2 mi
Jollyville HillSSW 211°161 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3419:5920:40
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:2615:5716:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242941526373767467544130
Precip in1.51.72.43.94.94.94.03.83.53.12.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/410401998

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