TV channels & antenna towers in Lake Park, Iowa

With roughly 1,140 residents, Lake Park is a small community in Iowa. Our map shows 51 licensed TV transmitters inside a 70-mile radius: 9 full-power, 1 Class A, 29 low-power and 12 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 20 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 2 at good or strong strength.

15 of them are within 25 miles of Lake Park, 2 sit 25 to 45 miles away and 34 are more than 45 miles out. Four of the 6 network stations in range are licensed to Sioux Falls, SD, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sioux Falls's stations.

The strongest network signals here are ABC on channel 13 (KSFY-TV), Fox on channel 46.2 (KDLT-TV), CW on channel 11.4 (KELO-TV) and ION on channel 36 (KSFL-TV). No CBS affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is KIMT in Mason City, IA, 131 miles to the east. No NBC affiliate is listed within 70 miles; the nearest one in our data is WHO-DT in Des Moines, IA, 143 miles to the southeast. 4 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna W, at about 274°. The main network towers for Lake Park sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Four network stations, KELO-TV, KSFY-TV, KDLT-TV and KSFL-TV, transmit from the same tower site about 61 miles west of Lake Park (275° W). Point at that site and a single antenna setting picks them all up.

Of the 4 full-power and Class A network signals that reach Lake Park at fair strength or better, 75% arrive from the west; the rest are spread across one other direction.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from Lake Park, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for Lake Park is KDLT-TV (Fox), 62 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an outdoor directional antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

At this distance a low-noise preamplifier mounted on the mast, right below the antenna, helps more than an amplifier near the TV. It boosts the signal before cable loss eats into it. See the amplifier guide.

With 20 stations at fair strength or better, Lake Park ranks 1st of 285 places in Iowa: more than the typical Iowa town (11). Its nearest major network tower is 56 miles away, against a state median of 34 miles.

44% of Iowa's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an outdoor directional antenna.