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Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area

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Elevation
319 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Blackbird Hill426 m · 1.9 mi
Nearest byway
Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway1.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
21:05local time
Coordinates
42.0632, -96.2687
Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Blackbird Bend Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded 319 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivy Island Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Elevation
319 m

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackbird HillNW 307°426 m1.9 mi
Granger HillE 94°412 m20.0 mi
Durr HillE 87°391 m14.1 mi

116 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0119:37
June solstice05:5020:2321:05
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5116:1216:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192437496171747264513624
Precip in0.50.81.63.34.64.23.44.13.02.31.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Onawa 3NW, 7 mi away.

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