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Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area

Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 412 m. Martin County Highest Point stands 430 m to the northwest, 1.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
412 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48822, -94.82790

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Trinity Park: 4.8 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 5.3 mi
  • Thoreson Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
  • Wayne King Park: 5.8 mi
  • Riverside Park: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 47
Museums: 12
  • Estherville Meteorite Center: 6.0 mi
  • Emmet County Historical: 6.2 mi
  • Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex: 6.2 mi
  • Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 14.2 mi
  • Dickinson County Museum: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 5.9 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 6.0 mi
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 12.9 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Martin County Highest Point: 1.9 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 21.9 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Emmet County Nature Center: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 14.3 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 16.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Martin County Highest PointNW 317°429.8 m1.9 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointN 357°396.3 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:32
June solstice05:3920:2121:05
September equinox07:0718:4119:19
December solstice07:5016:0016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932455768716961483320
Precip in0.80.81.43.54.54.83.93.73.22.51.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estherville 4E, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036129705

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