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Fredericksburg Wildlife Area

Fredericksburg Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Fredericksburg Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 346 m. Steamboat Rock stands 350 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 2.2 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
346 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.99545, -92.17280

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City Park: 2.2 mi
  • Railroad Park: 2.6 mi
  • Brad Niewoehner Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Robert Mattke Park: 2.9 mi
  • Junko Park: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 58
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 1
  • Steamboat Rock: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Dancing St. Francis: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Steamboat RockN 8°350 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3020:0920:52
September equinox06:5718:3019:08
December solstice07:3815:5116:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141932455768716861483321
Precip in1.31.42.34.24.96.65.04.63.82.72.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Hampton, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912964749

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