Ghost town · Iowa
Plum Creek
Plum Creek is a ghost town in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 359 m. The nearest named place is Wildwood Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.
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How to reach it
Coordinates43.10910, -94.19690
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Wildwood Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hurlburt Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
- Plum Creek Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Bur Oak Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Smith Prairie Preserve: 5.8 mi
Parks: 33
- Smith Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.0 mi
- Central Park: 3.2 mi
- Maple Park: 3.7 mi
- Blackford Park: 3.9 mi
Museums: 13
- Kossuth County Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Camp Algona POW Museum: 3.5 mi
- Lone Rock Historical Depot & Museum: 10.1 mi
- West Bend Historical Society Museum: 16.3 mi
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 4
- Lone Rock: 10.1 mi
- Lu Verne City Jail: 14.8 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 16.1 mi
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
- MIA-POW Display: 12.0 mi
- Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 20.0 mi
- World's Largest Bullhead: 22.0 mi
- Robert Emmet Statue: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Sexton: 5.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Algona, 3 mi away.
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