Nature reserve · Iowa
Bluff Creek Off Highway Recreation Area
Bluff Creek Off Highway Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. The nearest named place is Eveland Access, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 80 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 234 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.19352, -92.75450
- 80.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 13.6 mi off the Historic Hills Scenic Byway
- 53.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Edmundson Park: 8.0 mi
- Keating Jaycee Park: 8.5 mi
- Hewitt Jaycee Park: 8.8 mi
- City Square Park: 9.0 mi
- Albia City Park: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 49
- Eveland Access: 3.0 mi
- Lomax-Swanson Wildlife Area: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Bluffs Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Miami Area: 6.6 mi
- Eddyville Dunes Sand Prairie: 6.6 mi
Museums: 13
- Monroe County Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum: 11.8 mi
- Vermeer Museum and Global Pavilion: 16.0 mi
- Rolscreen Museum: 16.5 mi
- Fire Station Museum: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Mahaska Care Facility Memorial: 6.3 mi
- The Morgan Cabin: 8.2 mi
- Chief Mahaska Statue: 9.0 mi
- Curtis King: 13.9 mi
- Civil War Monument: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 3
- Vermeer Windmill: 16.9 mi
- Klokkenspel: 16.9 mi
- M113: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Buxton Historic Townsite: 4.2 mi
- Dudley: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 2
- Central College Garden: 16.9 mi
- Scholte Museum Gardens: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 2
- Map Ref. 41°N 93°W: 18.5 mi
- Ottumwa: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- West Gate Rest Area: 18.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:02 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albia 3 NNE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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