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Honey Creek State Park

Elevation: 296 m
Nearest byway: Great River Road80.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:48local time
Coordinates: 40.8611, -92.9303

Honey Creek State Park from directly overhead

Honey Creek State Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded 296 m. The nearest named place is Honey Creek Resort, a park 1.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 81 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

Elevation: 296 m

On the road

80.6 mi off the Great River RoadNational
15.3 mi off the Historic Hills Scenic Byway

Around it

117 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves55

Lake Rathbun Area: 1.4 mi
Lake Rathbun Area: 2.2 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area: 2.7 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area: 2.9 mi

Parks42

Honey Creek Resort: 1.1 mi
Lake Rathbun Area - Island View: 2.2 mi
Lake Rathbun Area - Buck Creek East: 2.5 mi
Honey Creek State Park: 2.6 mi
Prairie Ridge Park: 2.7 mi

Museums13

Moravia Wabash Depot Museum: 5.9 mi
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail: 9.1 mi
Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 9.4 mi
Appanoose Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 9.4 mi
Monroe County Historical Museum: 13.2 mi

Ghost towns3

Buxton Historic Townsite: 21.3 mi
Howland: 22.6 mi
Dudley: 23.6 mi

Attractions1

Bessie's Barn: 8.9 mi

Artworks1

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W: 10.3 mi

Historic sites1

Gone West Memorial: 19.7 mi

Rest areas1

West Gate Rest Area: 24.5 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:48	19:24
June solstice	05:41	20:06	20:48
September equinox	07:00	18:34	19:11
December solstice	07:34	16:04	16:48

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	22	26	39	50	61	71	75	74	65	53	40	28
Precip in	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.9	5.4	5.2	4.6	4.6	3.8	2.9	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rathbun DAM, 3 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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