Nature reserve · Iowa

E. Rex Sullivan Wildlife Area

E. Rex Sullivan Wildlife Area from directly overhead

E. Rex Sullivan Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 391 m. The nearest named place is Ethel Woodside Prairie, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 58 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 391 m

Getting there

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Coordinates41.17518, -94.60832

57.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
27.2 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway

Around it

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks38

Morman Trail County Park: 4.5 mi
Bridgewater Dump Station: 5.6 mi
Bridgewater City Park: 6.0 mi
Lake Orient Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
Nodaway Park: 9.8 mi

Nature reserves23

Ethel Woodside Prairie: 0.5 mi
Hoskins Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
Highway 92 Wildlife Area: 6.2 mi
Outdoor Education Area: 7.0 mi
Adair Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi

Museums5

Kline Museum: 10.5 mi
Adair County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
Iowa Aviation Museum: 13.5 mi
Johnny Carson Birthplace Society: 14.1 mi
McKinley Historical Complex: 14.5 mi

Attractions4

Restored Phillips 66 Gas Station: 14.9 mi
Union County Freedom Rock: 14.9 mi
Historic United States Post Office: 15.1 mi
Jesse James Historical Park: 21.5 mi

Ghost towns2

Fisk: 4.5 mi
Queen City: 12.8 mi

Historic sites1

Adams County Freedom Rock: 14.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:54	19:31
June solstice	05:47	20:14	20:55
September equinox	07:07	18:41	19:17
December solstice	07:41	16:09	16:53

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	20	25	38	49	61	70	74	72	65	52	38	25
Precip in	0.9	1.2	2.0	3.8	5.3	4.7	4.0	4.4	3.9	2.9	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/183486548

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