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Cone Marsh State Wildlife Management Area

Cone Marsh State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Cone Marsh State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Perkl stands 257 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gedney Lake Area, a nature reserve 4.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
180 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.39218, -91.40055

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Eden Park: 5.4 mi
  • Doughtery Park: 6.2 mi
  • Railroad Park: 6.8 mi
  • North Park: 7.0 mi
  • River Forks Access: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Tallgrass Prairie Observation Deck: 19.2 mi
  • Presidential Library Association: 19.3 mi
  • P.T. Smith House: 19.3 mi
  • House of the Maples: 19.3 mi
  • Statue of Isis: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 12
  • Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk: 11.1 mi
  • Rock Island Caboose: 14.2 mi
  • United States Armed Forces Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Overlook: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Monarch Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Cremation Garden: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Perkl: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cone Marsh State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PerklNNW 339°257 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:3320:0120:43
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:2915:5516:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202437506170737264513826
Precip in1.21.92.33.95.44.94.14.23.73.02.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Junction, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/410402632

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