Nature reserve · Iowa

Center Wildlife Area

Center Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Center Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 366 m. The nearest named place is County Home Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 366 m

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Coordinates42.42738, -94.57258

25.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks60

County Home Park: 0.9 mi
Highway 20 Rest Area: 2.7 mi
Rockwell City Park: 3.8 mi
East Twin Lakes State Park: 4.7 mi
Twin Lakes State Park West: 4.9 mi

Nature reserves

South Twin Lake: 4.6 mi
Hendricks Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
Johnson Prairie: 4.9 mi
North Twin Lake: 5.0 mi
Gutz Prairie: 5.2 mi

Museums10

Calhoun County Museum: 3.6 mi
Historic Central School: 13.9 mi
Fonda Opera House Museum: 17.5 mi
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum: 17.5 mi
The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 19.5 mi

Artworks3

Freedom Rock: 19.3 mi
Memorial Statue: 21.2 mi
Pocahontas Statue: 21.6 mi

Attractions2

Webster County Fairgrounds: 19.3 mi
World's Largest Popcorn Ball: 21.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Unique: 23.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:54	19:31
June solstice	05:42	20:17	21:00
September equinox	07:06	18:40	19:17
December solstice	07:45	16:04	16:49

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	22	35	47	59	70	73	71	63	50	36	23
Precip in	0.8	1.0	2.0	3.8	5.0	5.0	3.5	4.5	3.0	2.4	1.5	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockwell City, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1035125645

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