Park · Iowa
Lake Icaria County Recreation Area
Lake Icaria County Recreation Area is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 365 m. The nearest named place is Hoskinson Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 60 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 365 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.05946, -94.72581
- 59.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
67 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 31
- Grove Park: 4.7 mi
- Central Park: 4.8 mi
- Adams County Freedom Rock Park: 4.9 mi
- Spring Lake Park: 5.4 mi
- Prescott Community Park: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Hoskinson Wildlife Area: 3.4 mi
- E. Rex Sullivan Wildlife Area: 10.1 mi
- Ethel Woodside Prairie: 10.1 mi
- Nodaway Wildlife Area: 10.2 mi
- Outdoor Education Area: 11.7 mi
Museums: 8
- Johnny Carson Birthplace Society: 4.5 mi
- Kline Museum: 6.5 mi
- Villisca Axe Murder House: 15.7 mi
- Olson/Linn Museum: 15.8 mi
- McKinley Historical Complex: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 3
- Restored Phillips 66 Gas Station: 18.0 mi
- Union County Freedom Rock: 18.0 mi
- Historic United States Post Office: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Queen City: 4.0 mi
- Fisk: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Adams County Freedom Rock: 4.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:10 | 16:54 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corning, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose4 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit2 obs
- blue phlox2 obs
- Amur honeysuckle2 obs
- prairie phlox2 obs
- American Robin1 obs
- Gray Catbird1 obs
- Boreal Chorus Frog1 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.
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