Friendship Park
Friendship Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller's Landing Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller's Landing Park: 0.3 mi
- Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park: 0.4 mi
- Lewis & Clark Landing: 0.6 mi
- Gene Leahy Mall: 1.0 mi
- Pioneer Courage Park: 1.1 mi
- Looking Up: 0.4 mi
- Omar the Troll: 0.4 mi
- Sioux Warrior sculpture: 0.6 mi
- Chief Big Elk Statue: 0.6 mi
- New Front Door: 0.6 mi
- Labor Monument: 0.5 mi
- Building America Mural: 1.1 mi
- William Henry Jackson Historical Marker: 1.2 mi
- Strehlow Terrace: 1.3 mi
- Omaha Centennial: 1.3 mi
- USS Marlin: 1.0 mi
- Ship Guns: 1.0 mi
- Old Plane: 1.0 mi
- Missles: 1.0 mi
- HH-52A Seaguard: 1.0 mi
- The Nature Conservancy: 1.3 mi
- Blackbird Marsh County Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Gibson Bend: 3.2 mi
- Dorothy Patach Natural Environmental Area: 4.3 mi
- Cook Park: 4.4 mi
- Kiewit Luminarium: 0.6 mi
- USS Hazard: 1.0 mi
- Durham Museum: 1.3 mi
- Joslyn Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Omaha Childrens Museum: 1.6 mi
- Polina Gardens: 1.3 mi
- SoMA Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Orsi's Family Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Dahlman Garden Club: 1.4 mi
- Entrance Garden: 1.6 mi
- Canopies: 1.1 mi
- Margaritaville: 11.1 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Devil's Slide: 7.3 mi
- Queen Hill: 23.4 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 24.7 mi
- De Soto: 17.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Boocker point: 12.8 mi
- Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 22.5 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friendship Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | WNW 295° | 361.12 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| 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.
- House Sparrow68 obs
- Mallard63 obs
- Rock Pigeon54 obs
- Monarch54 obs
- American Robin43 obs
- Greylag Goose38 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel38 obs
- Canada Goose29 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 node/354353341
Day trips start here
- Council Bluffs · 3 mi
- Omaha · 4 mi
- Bellevue · 8 mi
- Papillion · 10 mi
- Gretna · 19 mi
- Missouri Valley · 20 mi
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