Lansing Big Lake
Lansing Big Lake is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Bunker Hill stands 356 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Driftless Area Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lock and Dam 8 · 12 mi
- Reno south prairie · 13 mi
- GrandView Rock · 14 mi
- Reno Quarry Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 1.6 mi
- Mount Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 3.2 mi
- Rush Creek State Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Lansing Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Battle Island: 3.8 mi
- Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Blackhawk Point Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Battle of Bad Axe: 3.8 mi
- Black Hawk's Outpost: 5.3 mi
- Patrick Joseph Lucey: 7.1 mi
- Black Hawk and Winnebago Trails: 7.5 mi
- Black Hawk Trail Marker 2: 8.7 mi
- Museum of River History: 2.7 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 15.5 mi
- Allamakee County Historical Museum: 15.8 mi
- Villa Louis: 24.1 mi
- Fur Trade Museum: 24.2 mi
- Lawrence Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Hosmer: 2.5 mi
- Monument Rock: 15.3 mi
- Fairy Rock: 15.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 18.3 mi
- Saint Juan Diego and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga: 24.2 mi
- Saint Joseph the Workman: 24.3 mi
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 24.4 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 24.4 mi
- Saint Juan Diego: 24.4 mi
- Winneshiek Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Fire Point: 21.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 21.5 mi
- Nezekaw Point: 22.1 mi
- Hole-In-Rock: 24.2 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 16.6 mi
- Crowley Spring: 20.3 mi
- Big Spring: 24.4 mi
- Little Spring: 24.8 mi
- Little Bear Mound: 21.4 mi
- St. Feriole Island Riverfront Playground: 24.2 mi
- St. Feriole Island Play Area: 24.2 mi
- Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 5.2 mi
- Roadside Park Reststop: 14.1 mi
- St. Feriole Island Gardens: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lansing Big Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | NNE 17° | 356 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lawrence Hill | ENE 64° | 353 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mondell Hill | SSE 166° | 347 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Hosmer | S 186° | 320 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Genoa DAM 8, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/75685399
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