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North Shore Park

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North Shore Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Manawa City Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.21261, -95.85761

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Manawa City Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Manawa State Park: 0.8 mi
  • Peterson Park: 1.7 mi
  • ISD Entrance Park: 2.1 mi
  • Iowa West Foundation Trailhead Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Rock Island Train Depot Sign: 2.4 mi
  • Molecule Man Sculpture: 2.4 mi
  • Golden Spike: 2.9 mi
  • Weeping Family: 3.2 mi
  • Squirrel Nest: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 48
Nature reserves: 36
  • Longs Landing County Park: 1.8 mi
  • Vincent Bluff Preserve: 2.3 mi
  • Gifford State Forest: 2.7 mi
  • Gibson Bend: 2.8 mi
  • Cogleywood Forest Reservation: 3.5 mi
Museums: 35
Gardens: 18
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 24.6 mi
Peaks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Melia Hill Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boocker pointWNW 302°361.12 m17.4 mi
King HillS 176°359 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:36
June solstice05:5120:1921:00
September equinox07:1218:4619:22
December solstice07:4616:1416:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242941536474787668544029
Precip in0.70.91.83.24.74.43.64.63.02.31.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Omaha Eppley Airfield, 7 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • American Coot10 obs
  • Canada Goose10 obs
  • Wild Turkey9 obs
  • American lotus9 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant8 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/1036412908

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