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Fairview Wildlife Area

Fairview Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Fairview Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. The nearest named place is Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie State Preserve, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 30 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
258 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.58218, -93.07131

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tool's Point Park: 4.2 mi
  • Monroe Town Square: 4.5 mi
  • Madsen Field: 4.6 mi
  • Monroe Recreation Park: 5.2 mi
  • Denniston Knolls Park: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Klokkenspel: 14.6 mi
  • Vermeer Windmill: 14.6 mi
  • The Phoenix: 22.6 mi
  • Sawmill Splash: 22.6 mi
  • Sawmill Splash: 22.6 mi
Nature reserves: 38
  • Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie State Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Bailey Wildlife Area: 4.1 mi
  • South Skunk River Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 8.0 mi
  • Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Monroe Highschool Bell: 4.2 mi
  • Monroe High School Bell: 4.2 mi
  • Monroe Township Founders Stone: 4.4 mi
  • American Legion Dedication Wall: 4.5 mi
  • American Legion Dedication Wall: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 1
  • Rock Creek Beach: 15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3920:0920:51
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3616:0116:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192436496171747264523725
Precip in0.91.12.13.44.85.03.94.33.62.72.01.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newton, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1039391373

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