City, County & Regional Parks · Iowa
Smith Lake Park
City, County & Regional Parks · Iowa, United States
- Cost
- Enclosed shelter (South): $40. Open shelter (North): $25.
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,161 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Lake
- Smith Lake
- Nearest town
- Algona
- Address
- Highway 169, 3 miles north of Algona, IA
About
Kossuth County Conservation park offering camping, fishing (bass, panfish, catfish), hiking on a 1.5-mile trail, bird watching, and winter cross-country skiing. North Campground has full hookup sites; South Campground has electricity, water, and sewer connections. Restroom, shower facilities, pressurized water, dump station. Pet friendly. Camping season roughly mid-April through end of October.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 3° | -23° | 50° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 11° | -30° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 48° | 28° | -1° | 73° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 57° | 38° | 14° | 82° | 7 of 11 |
| May | 70° | 51° | 33° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 82° | 62° | 46° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 82° | 66° | 52° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 79° | 64° | 54° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 79° | 60° | 44° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 43° | 24° | 81° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 47° | 31° | -2° | 69° | 8 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 18° | -14° | 68° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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