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Bartlett State Wildlife Management Area

Bartlett State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bartlett State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 285 m. King Hill stands 359 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Access, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
285 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.89058, -95.80179

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pinky's Glen: 4.2 mi
  • Thurman Park: 5.5 mi
  • Tabor City Park: 6.6 mi
  • Whistlestop Park: 8.8 mi
  • Rhylander Park: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 34
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 22
Artworks: 8
  • Giant Chicken: 23.1 mi
  • Mammoth: 24.0 mi
  • Stingray Fountain: 24.0 mi
  • Green Land Rover: 24.0 mi
  • Land Rover: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Paradise Park Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Beer Bottle Beach: 24.7 mi
Peaks: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillNW 309°359 m1.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5220:1820:59
September equinox07:1118:4619:22
December solstice07:4516:1516:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232740516272767466533928
Precip in0.71.02.03.75.26.04.33.83.32.31.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood 3SW, 8 mi away.

  • Common Yellowthroat1 obs
  • Dickcissel1 obs
  • Virginia Opossum1 obs
  • common pawpaw1 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/944879416

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