Bahnsen Park
Bahnsen Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 301 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles E. Lankin Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 301 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 0.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Charles E. Lankin Park: 0.5 mi
- Roberts Park: 0.7 mi
- Narrows River Park: 0.7 mi
- Sternhill Park: 0.8 mi
- Broadway Park: 0.9 mi
- Roberts Park Entrance Sign: 0.6 mi
- Big Rock: 1.5 mi
- Squirrel Nest: 1.5 mi
- Weeping Family: 1.5 mi
- Golden Spike: 1.5 mi
- Kinsman Monument: 1.1 mi
- Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Angel of Death Statue (Black Angel): 1.3 mi
- Blockhouse Site: 1.4 mi
- Public Safety First Responders Plaza: 1.5 mi
- A-4 Skyhawk: 1.5 mi
- Ship Propellers: 1.5 mi
- Historic Squirrel Cage Jail: 1.5 mi
- HH-52A Seaguard: 1.6 mi
- Ship Guns: 1.6 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Cook Park: 2.2 mi
- Cogleywood Forest Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Vincent Bluff Preserve: 3.0 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 3.4 mi
- Union Pacific Railroad Museum: 1.5 mi
- USS Hazard: 1.6 mi
- RailsWest Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- Kiewit Luminarium: 2.9 mi
- Durham Museum: 3.4 mi
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Garden: 1.9 mi
- Orsi's Family Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Dahlman Garden Club: 3.3 mi
- SoMA Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Polina Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Canopies: 3.4 mi
- Margaritaville: 9.5 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Devil's Slide: 7.9 mi
- Queen Hill: 23.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.9 mi
- De Soto: 18.4 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.9 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 10.8 mi
- Boocker point: 14.9 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bahnsen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | WNW 289° | 361.12 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:14 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel11 obs
- Monarch11 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee10 obs
- House Sparrow8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee8 obs
- Japanese Beetle7 obs
- Plains Garter Snake6 obs
- White-tailed Deer6 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/553538714
Day trips start here
- Council Bluffs · 1 mi
- Omaha · 7 mi
- Bellevue · 9 mi
- Papillion · 12 mi
- Missouri Valley · 20 mi
- Gretna · 22 mi
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