Nature reserve · Iowa

Colo Wetland WMA

Colo Wetland WMA from directly overhead

Colo Wetland WMA is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. The nearest named place is Colo Bog, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Iowa DNR - Wildlife

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.02382, -93.25782

On the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
119.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
27.1 mi off the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Overlook · 21 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Colo Bog: 0.4 mi
Colo Wetland WMA: 0.5 mi
Colo Bog: 0.5 mi
Colo Bog: 0.8 mi
Colo Wetland WMA: 1.0 mi

Parks

City Park: 3.1 mi
Carmody Park: 3.3 mi
Kaufman City Park: 4.4 mi
Brookside Park: 4.5 mi
Rhodes Trailhead Park: 7.9 mi

Artworks

AASOE Site: 18.1 mi
Cy-House Rock!: 18.1 mi
AAOSE Site: 18.1 mi
AAOSE Site: 18.1 mi
Dire Enticement: 18.1 mi

Historic sites44

Erickson Park Monument: 15.6 mi
Veterans Memorial: 16.5 mi
Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock: 17.7 mi
David A. Dobell Memorial: 18.1 mi
Durham Bandshell Memorial: 18.1 mi

Gardens21

Kiwanis Butterfly Garden: 9.7 mi
Community Gardens: 18.8 mi
Arboretum: 19.3 mi
Penkhus Campanile Garden: 19.5 mi
Jones Rose Garden: 19.5 mi

Museums12

Watson's Grocery Store Museum: 4.8 mi
Maxwell Historical Society: 11.9 mi
Maxwell Museum: 11.9 mi
City of Roland Museum: 16.0 mi
Weatherbee School Museum: 18.0 mi

Attractions6

Ducks: 15.3 mi
Turkey Pen: 15.3 mi
Chickens: 15.3 mi
Goat Pen: 15.3 mi
Elwood the Gnome: 19.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Kiwanis Shelter: 9.5 mi

Waterfalls1

Hertz Family Falls: 9.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Secor: 22.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:49	19:25
June solstice	05:38	20:10	20:53
September equinox	07:01	18:35	19:12
December solstice	07:39	16:00	16:45

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	18	23	35	48	60	70	73	71	63	51	37	24
Precip in	0.9	1.2	2.0	3.5	4.8	5.8	4.3	4.2	3.4	2.7	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colo, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/78137210

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