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Ray Rorick Park

Ray Rorick Park from directly overhead

Ray Rorick Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 348 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookview Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 99 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
348 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.13945, -93.22009

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brookview Park: 0.2 mi
  • Morgan Park: 0.6 mi
  • Frederick Hanford Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Washington Park: 0.9 mi
  • West Haven: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • South Pennslyvania Bridge: 1.3 mi
  • North Carolina Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Evans Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Winnebago Trail: 2.7 mi
  • Mike Zack Wildlife Area: 3.2 mi
Museums: 15
  • Charles H MacNider Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Lime Creek Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Kinney Pioneer Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Clear Lake Fire Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Manly Caboose Museum: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Brewery: 3.5 mi
  • World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • National Register of Historic Places: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 4
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • The Music Man Square: 1.3 mi
  • Rancho Deluxe: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Central Gardens of North Iowa: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Knob: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Iowa Welcome Center: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobWNW 295°443 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3420:1320:57
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:4215:5516:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162032465868726962493422
Precip in0.91.12.03.95.65.74.63.73.22.61.81.3

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

  • Bold Jumping Spider26 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle18 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Red Admiral15 obs
  • American Toad13 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee12 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
  • Monarch11 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/137151665

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