- Elevation, modelled
- 291 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Pilot Mound362.7 m · 22.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway13.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:55local time
- Coordinates
- 41.8351, -94.0380
Big Chief Roadside Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled 291 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Park Museum, a museum 2.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Chief Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | N 4° | 362.7 m | 22.1 mi |
- 13.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage BywayNational
- 19.3 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Wiese Park: 2.8 mi
- Caboose Park: 3.6 mi
- Pattee Park: 3.8 mi
- Perkins Park: 3.9 mi
- Rogers Park: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Fazel Wildlife Area: 4.5 mi
- North Raccoon River Wildlife Area - Snyder Tract: 7.0 mi
- Crellin Wildlife Refuge: 7.8 mi
- Wagner Prairie: 10.2 mi
- North Raccoon River Wildlife Area - Wagner Tract: 11.2 mi
Artworks
- South Entrance Monument: 10.2 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Bluestem: 11.4 mi
- Eternal Flame: 11.6 mi
- Dragon Head Sculpture: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 34
- Municipal Band Shell: 3.8 mi
- Aborted Babies Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 13.4 mi
- M60: 19.5 mi
- M47 Patton: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 28
- Children's Garden: 11.5 mi
- Brenton Arboretum: 12.2 mi
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden: 21.0 mi
- Urbandale Butterfly Garden: 21.1 mi
- Charles Gabus Memorial Tree Park and Gardens: 21.1 mi
Museums: 20
- Forest Park Museum: 2.6 mi
- Madrid Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 13.9 mi
- Battin Chapel: 14.2 mi
- Hickory Grove School Museum: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 18
- Pole Position Raceway: 17.2 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 17.6 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 17.7 mi
- 1700 Bark Lodge: 19.7 mi
- 1700 Chibóthraje: 19.7 mi
Peaks: 1
- Pilot Mound: 22.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry, 4 mi away.
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