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Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park

Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park from directly overhead

Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park is a park in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 825 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is MK Nature Center, a park 0.1 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Boise

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.60202, -116.18283
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • MK Nature Center: 0.1 mi
  • Parkcenter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Warm Springs Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prickett Park: 0.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 60
  • Table Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Lucky Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Aldape Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Highland Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Eagleson Summit: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 36
Gardens: 22
Museums: 21
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 9.3 mi
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shafer ButteNNE 22°2,308 m12.6 mi
Thorn Creek ButteENE 65°2,290.572 m23.7 mi
Bald MountainENE 66°2,279 m24.1 mi
Mores MountainNNE 19°2,202 m13.9 mi
Doe PointNNE 22°2,151 m11.4 mi
Deer PointNNE 22°2,150 m11.4 mi
Bob's KnobNNE 28°2,024 m12.4 mi
Gardiner PeakNE 36°2,011 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:1919:57
June solstice06:0420:4721:30
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1616:2517:12

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323845516068777666534032
Precip in1.41.01.31.21.40.80.20.20.40.81.21.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard465 obs
  • Canada Goose421 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel379 obs
  • Western Honey Bee252 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard224 obs
  • showy milkweed171 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot156 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee155 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/24267192

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