Ghost town · Iowa
Sexton
Sexton is a ghost town in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. The nearest named place is Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 4.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 124 miles off.
Ghost town in Iowa
How to reach it
Coordinates43.08280, -94.08920
- 124.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge: 4.4 mi
- Saint Benedict Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Bur Oak Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Plum Creek Wildlife Area: 5.8 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
Parks: 28
- Central Park: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 7.6 mi
- Maple Park: 7.9 mi
- Blackford Park: 8.1 mi
- Ambrose A Call State Park: 8.2 mi
Museums: 9
- Kossuth County Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Camp Algona POW Museum: 7.6 mi
- Hobo Museum: 14.5 mi
- Armstrong House Museum: 14.7 mi
- Lone Rock Historical Depot & Museum: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
- MIA-POW Display: 11.2 mi
- Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 14.5 mi
- World's Largest Bullhead: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 3
- Lu Verne City Jail: 11.9 mi
- Lone Rock: 15.3 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Plum Creek: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 7.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 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, 7 mi away.
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