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Bald Forty Preserve

Bald Forty Preserve from directly overhead

Bald Forty Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Access to this 40-acre tract is by walk-in only through Big Mill Wildlife Area. This area adjoins the 700-acre state owned Big Mill Wildlife Area. This area is named from the clearing done on the property in the 1940's. Since that time, the area has refor

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jackson County Conservation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.26383, -90.51338

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Big Mill Homestead: 0.5 mi
  • John Henry Weber Park: 4.1 mi
  • J.J.'s Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • David Ensign Memorial Ballpark: 4.2 mi
  • Ernst Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 51
Nature reserves: 48
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Attractions: 22
Peaks: 18
  • North Bluff: 4.3 mi
  • South Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.1 mi
  • Dygerts Mound: 10.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Mound: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
Springs: 3
  • Marsden Well: 11.4 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Plum Creek Spring: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Thunder Bay Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Apple Canyon Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavilion: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Forty Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White HillNE 37°381 m24.1 mi
Charles MoundNE 40°374 m21.7 mi
Mount SumnerNE 53°357 m23.6 mi
Scales MoundNE 41°356 m18.7 mi
Squirrel Grove MoundNE 49°355 m24.6 mi
Hudson MoundNE 49°354 m22.6 mi
Sinsinawa MoundN 355°353 m18.1 mi
Sundown MountainNW 318°348 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2620:0020:43
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2815:4816:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212436486070747264523827
Precip in1.31.62.23.84.25.64.33.83.63.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue L&D 12, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/75609117

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