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Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area

Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 448 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Yager Slough WPA, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
448 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39737, -95.31637

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Twin Forks Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
  • Silver Lake Park: 3.6 mi
  • Harris-Lake Park Elementary Playground: 4.1 mi
  • Westport Park: 6.2 mi
  • Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 47
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 6
  • Bike Monument: 7.1 mi
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 9.1 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 14.3 mi
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 22.5 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 23.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 10.3 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 11.1 mi
  • Hawkeye Point: 20.2 mi
  • Martin County Highest Point: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 20.2 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 22.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Pumpkin Patch: 8.9 mi
  • Getting's Garden: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointWNW 283°509 m20.2 mi
Ocheyedan MoundW 272°490 m10.3 mi
Jackson County Highest PointNW 322°480.3 m11.1 mi
Martin County Highest PointENE 72°429.8 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:34
June solstice05:4120:2221:06
September equinox07:0918:4319:20
December solstice07:5116:0216:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465970747163493421
Precip in0.80.81.73.44.65.03.83.52.92.41.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Park, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036126237

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