Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 345 m. Steamboat Rock stands 350 m to the west-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cleghorn Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 345 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 24.1 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Preston Overlook · 24 mi
- Bench · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cleghorn Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
- Martinek Wildlife Area: 2.3 mi
- Turkey River Access: 2.3 mi
- Murray Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
- Thomson Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Evans Park: 4.0 mi
- Bouska Area: 4.1 mi
- Vernon Springs County Park: 4.2 mi
- Beadle Park: 4.3 mi
- Freedom Rock Park: 4.4 mi
- Howard County Log Cabin Museum: 4.3 mi
- Howard County Museum: 4.7 mi
- Kellow House - Howard County Museum: 4.9 mi
- Bily Clocks Museum: 10.1 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum: 13.5 mi
- I Am Wood: 12.9 mi
- 3-D Life Tree: 12.9 mi
- Luther Bell: 13.0 mi
- Oedipus and Antigone: 13.0 mi
- Martin Luther at Worms: 13.0 mi
- Niagara Cave: 13.2 mi
- Niagara Cave: 13.2 mi
- Monster Bash Inc: 16.3 mi
- Preston Veteran's Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Cold Water Spring: 9.8 mi
- Malanaphy Springs: 11.7 mi
- Big Spring: 21.1 mi
- Conover: 11.2 mi
- Elliota: 13.7 mi
- Forestville: 24.2 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 2.6 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 12.9 mi
- State Line Wayside: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cardinal Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Rock | WNW 298° | 350 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:09 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:49 | 16:36 |
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 | 19 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cresco 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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