Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area
Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bigelow County Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 326 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Outlaw Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Lucia · 17 mi
- Gobbler Point · 17 mi
- Kestrel Point · 18 mi
- Bobsled Run · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bigelow County Park: 0.3 mi
- Snyder Bend Park: 1.9 mi
- Jewel Park: 6.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 6.3 mi
- Bishop Field: 6.3 mi
- Snyder Bend Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Mile Long Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Weedland Access: 5.5 mi
- Dakota Bend Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Baker Park: 6.6 mi
- Dakota City: 8.8 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 10.4 mi
- First Bride's Grave: 10.4 mi
- Sergeant Floyd Monument: 10.7 mi
- Siouxland Freedom Park: 11.5 mi
- Sergeant Bluff City Hall: 6.6 mi
- O'Connor House Museum Complex: 7.4 mi
- Mid America Air Museum: 7.4 mi
- Sioux City Art Center: 13.1 mi
- Betty Strong Encounter Center: 13.1 mi
- Sea Ray Sandbar: 14.2 mi
- West Side Sea Ray Sandbar: 14.4 mi
- West Sea Ray Sandbar: 14.4 mi
- Train: 18.3 mi
- Old Town: 18.3 mi
- This Is Sioux CIty: 13.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Statue: 14.7 mi
- Harp: 20.4 mi
- Tree Shelter: 20.5 mi
- Dodds: 14.2 mi
- Stevens: 17.3 mi
- Peiro: 17.8 mi
- Lucky Valley: 20.7 mi
- Dale G Bell Memorial Arboretum: 0.6 mi
- Dale Street Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- The Sacred Hoop Prayer Garden: 24.3 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 16.1 mi
- Dakota Point: 18.3 mi
- Durr Hill: 23.7 mi
- Sergeant Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown's Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Hill | S 174° | 426 m | 16.1 mi |
| Dakota Point | NNW 337° | 394 m | 18.3 mi |
| Durr Hill | SE 133° | 391 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:11 | 16:57 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux City AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1035834730
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- Sioux City · 14 mi
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