Pilot Mound State Forest
Pilot Mound State Forest is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the northwest, less than a tenth of a mile off. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Don Williams Park: 2.6 mi
- Oak Park: 7.8 mi
- Lake Ole Park: 7.9 mi
- Miles-Lee Park: 8.1 mi
- Cummings Park: 8.3 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 14.8 mi
- South Entrance Monument: 14.9 mi
- Eternal Flame: 16.6 mi
- Bluestem: 16.7 mi
- Barbara’s Portal: 18.2 mi
- Holst State Forest: 2.7 mi
- Rohades Acres: 3.5 mi
- Barkley Memorial State Forest: 3.8 mi
- Iowa National Heritage Foundation: 4.3 mi
- Carlson Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Founders Rock: 4.3 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock: 18.7 mi
- Helen Daley Smith Memorial Rock: 18.7 mi
- Raymond and Gertrude Daley Memorial Rock: 18.7 mi
- Children's Garden: 16.6 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 18.8 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 21.3 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 21.3 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 21.3 mi
- Hickory Grove Rural School Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hickory Grove School Museum: 8.0 mi
- Battin Chapel: 8.0 mi
- Railroad Museum: 8.4 mi
- Vintage Iron Antiques Museum: 9.0 mi
- "Twister Hill": 2.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 8.4 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 8.4 mi
- Copperas Beds: 16.5 mi
- Boneyard Hollow: 17.3 mi
- Pilot Mound: 0.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Mound State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | NW 309° | 362.7 m | 0.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:14 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
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 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 10 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee5 obs
- Half-black Bumble Bee3 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee3 obs
- Dutchman's breeches2 obs
- American Bumble Bee2 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird1 obs
- Painted Turtle1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/45669338
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