Nature reserve · Iowa
Basswood County Recreation Area
Basswood County Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 369 m. The nearest named place is Harrison Park, a park 1.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 369 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.12971, -94.70395
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Bluestem Meadow Wildlife Area: 2.1 mi
- Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Duhigg Park: 3.4 mi
- Watson Heritage Area: 3.4 mi
- Burns Prairie: 4.3 mi
Parks: 55
- Harrison Park: 1.6 mi
- Sewell Park: 1.7 mi
- Harland Park: 1.9 mi
- Five Island Lake City Park: 2.0 mi
- Brown-Robins Park: 2.3 mi
Museums: 19
- House of Dolls Museum: 1.6 mi
- Palo Alto County Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Victorian Museum on Main: 2.0 mi
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 5
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 2.4 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 12.4 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 17.3 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 19.9 mi
- Lone Rock: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Robert Emmet Statue: 1.8 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 19.9 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rubens: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 23.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmetsburg, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
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