Nature reserve · Iowa
Brushy Bayou Wildlife Area
Brushy Bayou Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 360 m. The nearest named place is Whitetail Flats Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 360 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.03754, -94.64935
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Whitetail Flats Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Rogers Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Robert Mulrony Recreation Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Watson Heritage Area: 4.1 mi
- West Fork Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
Parks: 38
- Brown-Robins Park: 4.7 mi
- Harrison Park: 5.4 mi
- Harland Park: 5.5 mi
- Sewell Park: 6.0 mi
- Cylinder City Park: 6.2 mi
Museums: 13
- Victorian Museum on Main: 5.3 mi
- Palo Alto County Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- House of Dolls Museum: 5.4 mi
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 6.1 mi
- West Bend Historical Society Museum: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 4
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 5.4 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 11.5 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 19.0 mi
- Lone Rock: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Rubens: 14.9 mi
- Plum Creek: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 2
- Kossuth Lajos: 20.8 mi
- Pocahontas Statue: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
- Robert Emmet Statue: 5.3 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 | 21:02 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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