Carlin Park
Carlin Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 357 m. Boy Scout Hill stands 430 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Leeds Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 5 mi
- Kestrel Point · 6 mi
- Gobbler Point · 6 mi
- Bobsled Run · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leeds Park: 0.5 mi
- Krumman Park: 2.0 mi
- Leif Erickson Park: 2.5 mi
- Headid Park & Ball Fields: 2.6 mi
- Spalding Park: 2.7 mi
- Sioux City State Prairie Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Sacajawea Park: 5.1 mi
- Heendah Hills Wildlife Managment Area: 6.2 mi
- Edgewater Park: 6.9 mi
- Stone State Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Queen Of Peace: 1.6 mi
- Shrine to the Holy Family: 1.6 mi
- St. Francis: 1.6 mi
- Father Harold Cooper: 1.6 mi
- Circle of Life: 1.6 mi
- Jolly Time Koated Kernels: 2.9 mi
- Sioux City Public Museum: 4.2 mi
- LaunchPAD Children's Museum: 4.2 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 4.4 mi
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center: 4.8 mi
- Dakota Point: 5.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 18.2 mi
- Boy Scout Hill: 24.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 24.8 mi
- Stevens: 7.0 mi
- Dodds: 9.5 mi
- Lucky Valley: 24.3 mi
- Peiro: 24.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 3.3 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 4.1 mi
- Towers of Time: 18.2 mi
- Old Town: 15.8 mi
- Train: 15.8 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 20.1 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 16.9 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carlin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scout Hill | WNW 290° | 430 m | 24.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 291° | 426 m | 24.8 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WNW 282° | 411 m | 18.2 mi |
| Dakota Point | W 275° | 394 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:24 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:10 | 16:56 |
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 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City ANG, 11 mi away.
- Wild Turkey7 obs
- White-lined Sphinx4 obs
- horseweed4 obs
- Clustered Midrib Gall Wasp3 obs
- Wild Indigo Duskywing2 obs
- Western Conifer Seed Bug2 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider2 obs
- Long-spurred Meadow Katydid2 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/858326184
Day trips start here
- Sioux City · 4 mi
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