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Miles-Lee Park

Miles-Lee Park from directly overhead

Miles-Lee Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 333 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cummings Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
333 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06172, -93.90832

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
Historic sites: 49
Gardens: 21
Museums: 17
  • Railroad Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Boone County Historical Center: 1.5 mi
  • Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Battin Chapel: 4.5 mi
  • Hickory Grove School Museum: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 0.9 mi
  • Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 0.9 mi
  • "Twister Hill": 7.7 mi
  • Elwood the Gnome: 14.3 mi
  • Story City Carousel: 18.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundNW 321°362.7 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:4120:1320:56
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4116:0316:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336486070747264513725
Precip in1.21.42.34.15.25.44.84.93.33.02.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 2 mi away.

  • Japanese Beetle11 obs
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee9 obs
  • Western Honey Bee8 obs
  • Grapevine Beetle7 obs
  • Rock Pigeon6 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird6 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/179890151

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