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Ackerson-Easterly Wildlife Area

Ackerson-Easterly Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Ackerson-Easterly Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 338 m. Steamboat Rock stands 350 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodale Park, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 65 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
338 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.16071, -92.51082

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • City Park: 5.5 mi
  • Haus Park: 5.8 mi
  • Colwell County Park: 6.7 mi
  • City Park: 6.7 mi
  • Chickasaw Mill County Park: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Butler County Freedom Rock: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Steamboat Rock: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ackerson-Easterly Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Steamboat RockENE 58°350 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3120:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3915:5216:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172134475969727062503523
Precip in1.01.11.93.75.16.14.94.33.82.61.71.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charles City, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912964761

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