Cameron Woods State Preserve
Cameron Woods State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 208 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is lowa 80 Trucking Museum, a museum 3.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 208 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Oculus · 15 mi
- Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook · 16 mi
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prairie View Park: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Victory Park: 4.9 mi
- Wescott Park: 4.9 mi
- Tennis Courts and Batting Cage: 5.0 mi
- Buena Vista Public User Area: 5.4 mi
- Camp Liberty: 6.6 mi
- Allens Grove County Park: 7.4 mi
- Sherman Park: 9.1 mi
- Duke Prairie: 9.3 mi
- Memorial Hill: 11.6 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 11.7 mi
- Irish Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Dillon Memorial Fountain: 12.3 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 12.8 mi
- lowa 80 Trucking Museum: 3.2 mi
- German American Heritage Center & Museum: 11.9 mi
- Hose Station No. 4: 12.9 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 13.4 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 13.7 mi
- Hosta Glade: 11.1 mi
- All-America Selections Annual Display Garden: 11.1 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 11.1 mi
- Vander Veer Conservatory: 11.1 mi
- Enabling Garden: 11.1 mi
- Helium Trampoline Park: 8.7 mi
- Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat: 10.5 mi
- Vander Veer Botanical Park: 11.2 mi
- Rock Island County State Fair Grounds: 19.4 mi
- Antique Archaeology: 20.6 mi
- Mary, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom: 10.4 mi
- Lady Of Germania: 12.0 mi
- Curved Spire: 12.1 mi
- Octagon Pistols: 12.2 mi
- Sculpture Park: 13.0 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 9.4 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 13.7 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 13.8 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 16.5 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 16.9 mi
- I-80 EB: 16.5 mi
- I-80 WB: 16.5 mi
- I-80 WB (trucks only): 18.1 mi
- I-80 EB (trucks only): 18.1 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Duck Creek Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cameron Woods State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | SSE 164° | 203 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:59 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
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 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Davenport, 8 mi away.
- ostrich fern3 obs
- Dutchman's breeches2 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort2 obs
- Japanese Beetle2 obs
- Virginia waterleaf2 obs
- blue cohosh2 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty2 obs
- prairie trillium2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/410417007
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