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Lewis and Clark State Park

Lewis and Clark State Park from directly overhead

Lewis and Clark State Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 320 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Tree Shelter, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
320 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04283, -96.16182

109 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
Museums: 8
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 5
Peaks: 3
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Tree Shelter: 0.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lewis and Clark State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackbird HillWNW 290°426 m7.5 mi
Granger HillE 90°412 m14.5 mi
Durr HillENE 76°391 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:5020:2221:05
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5016:1216:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192437496171747264513624
Precip in0.50.81.63.34.64.23.44.13.02.31.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onawa 3NW, 3 mi away.

  • whorled milkweed10 obs
  • Orchard Oriole8 obs
  • common milkweed6 obs
  • Eastern Cottonwood6 obs
  • Baltimore Oriole5 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird5 obs
  • swamp milkweed5 obs
  • Mourning Dove4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/245572632

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