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Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area

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Elevation
205 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Gittings Mound230 m · 23.5 mi
Nearest byway
Great River Road8.8 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:41local time
Coordinates
40.9495, -91.2255
Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area from directly overhead

Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area is a park in Iowa, at a recorded 205 m. Gittings Mound stands 230 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is East Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 8.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Elevation
205 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Hollow Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gittings MoundSSE 157°230 m23.5 mi
Jollyville HillS 182°161 m18.2 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3420:0020:41
September equinox06:5318:2819:04
December solstice07:2715:5716:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242840526373767467554130
Precip in1.41.72.43.85.04.74.03.63.62.82.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladstone DAM 18, 12 mi away.

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