City, County & Regional Parks · Iowa
Otter Creek Lake & Park
City, County & Regional Parks · Iowa, United States
- Sites
- 83
- Hookups
- 65 electric, 18 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Elevation
- 938 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Lake
- Otter Creek Lake
- Nearest town
- Toledo
- Address
- 2283 Park Road, Toledo, IA 52342
- Phone
- 641-484-2231
About
Tama County Conservation's largest and most heavily used facility - a 529-acre park with a 70-acre lake for fishing, boating, and swimming. Electric camp section (65 units) and tent section (18 sites, up to 45 tents). Modern showerhouse, six vault latrines, sanitary dump station for trailers. Picnic tables seat up to 400 people.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 8° | -25° | 54° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 14° | -16° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 48° | 29° | 3° | 76° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 60° | 39° | 22° | 81° | 5 of 11 |
| May | 71° | 54° | 37° | 86° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 83° | 63° | 49° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 84° | 66° | 57° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 80° | 65° | 55° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 79° | 61° | 47° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 44° | 26° | 81° | 3 of 10 |
| November | 48° | 32° | 5° | 71° | 6 of 10 |
| December | 35° | 23° | -12° | 70° | 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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