Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve
Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 312 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockford Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 89 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 312 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 89.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rockford Park: 1.0 mi
- Wyatt Park Campgrounds: 1.6 mi
- Tosanak Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Nora Springs City Park: 6.7 mi
- Marble Rock City Park: 7.8 mi
- Jodey Laudner Family Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Nagle Wildlife Area: 2.8 mi
- Limestone Prairie Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Grovers Meadow: 5.7 mi
- Mather's Forest: 5.7 mi
- Pioneer Kitchen Museum: 8.0 mi
- Marble Rock Historical Society Museum: 8.0 mi
- Charles H MacNider Museum: 13.1 mi
- Lime Creek Nature Center: 14.3 mi
- Floyd County Museum: 15.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 13.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Butler County Freedom Rock: 13.8 mi
- Brewery: 14.3 mi
- Rock Island Caboose: 19.7 mi
- City Beach: 21.4 mi
- Clear Lake State Park Beach: 21.6 mi
- Dodges Beach: 23.7 mi
- Farmers Beach: 24.3 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 13.1 mi
- The Music Man Square: 13.2 mi
- Harmony in Light: 13.2 mi
- Buddy Holly Crash Site: 23.6 mi
- Central Gardens of North Iowa: 21.2 mi
- Fort Sumter Rock: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sumter Rock | S 169° | 306 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:54 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 20 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City, 14 mi away.
- compass plant5 obs
- Goldenrod Soldier Beetle5 obs
- Chipping Sparrow4 obs
- Dickcissel4 obs
- flower-of-an-hour4 obs
- grey-headed coneflower4 obs
- tall boneset4 obs
- little bluestem4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/588130158
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