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Bob and Eleanor Weldon Wildlife Area

Bob and Eleanor Weldon Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Bob and Eleanor Weldon Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Iowa Falls River Access, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 109 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hardin County Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.51404, -93.24140

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Julia O'Neil Park: 0.6 mi
  • Jones Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sunnyside Park: 1.0 mi
  • Oak Park: 1.0 mi
  • Estes Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 5
  • Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Eldora Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Lake Beach: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 15.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Fort Sumter Rock: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bob and Eleanor Weldon Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort Sumter RockNE 51°306 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3620:1220:55
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:4015:5816:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172134475969737063503523
Precip in0.91.22.13.85.66.14.54.43.52.62.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iowa Falls, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/79401191

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