Nature reserve · Iowa

Buffalo Creek Bottoms

Buffalo Creek Bottoms from directly overhead

Buffalo Creek Bottoms is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 343 m. The nearest named place is Wapati Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 343 m

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Coordinates43.21134, -94.16378

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Wapati Waterfowl Production Area: 0.4 mi
WRP: 0.7 mi
Patterson Recreation and Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
Bluestem Waterfowl Production Area: 2.5 mi
Michaelson Marsh: 4.4 mi

Parks23

Gruis Park: 6.6 mi
Smith Lake Park: 7.3 mi
Memory Park: 8.1 mi
Copp Prairie Waterfowl Production Area: 9.6 mi
Veterans Park: 9.9 mi

Museums9

Lone Rock Historical Depot & Museum: 8.3 mi
Kossuth County Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
Camp Algona POW Museum: 10.6 mi
Heritage Museum: 16.1 mi
Hobo Museum: 19.9 mi

Historic sites3

MIA-POW Display: 6.6 mi
World's Largest Bullhead: 18.8 mi
Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 19.9 mi

Attractions3

Lone Rock: 8.3 mi
Lu Verne City Jail: 21.1 mi
Grotto of the Redemption: 22.2 mi

Ghost towns2

Plum Creek: 7.3 mi
Sexton: 9.6 mi

Artworks1

Kossuth Lajos: 10.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:38	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:46	15:58	16:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	15	20	33	46	59	69	72	70	63	50	34	22
Precip in	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.4	4.7	5.5	4.1	4.3	3.3	2.4	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Algona, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1039218115

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