French Creek Wildlife Management Area
French Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. Bunker Hill stands 356 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is English Bench Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 4.9 miles away. Driftless Area Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 25.8 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Reno south prairie · 15 mi
- Lock and Dam 8 · 16 mi
- Cedar Point · 16 mi
- GrandView Rock · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allamakee County Home Park: 5.5 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 7.9 mi
- Hayes Lake Roadside Park: 8.4 mi
- Mount Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 9.1 mi
- English Bench Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
- Lansing Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Blackhawk Point Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Lansing Big Lake: 9.0 mi
- Battle of Bad Axe: 10.6 mi
- Black Hawk's Outpost: 12.9 mi
- Patrick Joseph Lucey: 15.1 mi
- La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor: 15.5 mi
- Dams on the Mississippi: 15.5 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 8.0 mi
- Allamakee County Historical Museum: 8.4 mi
- Museum of River History: 8.9 mi
- Porter House Museum: 20.6 mi
- Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum: 20.6 mi
- Mount Hosmer: 8.6 mi
- Lawrence Hill: 11.2 mi
- Fairy Rock: 18.1 mi
- Black Hammer Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 23.8 mi
- Winneshiek Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Hole-In-Rock: 20.2 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 21.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 22.4 mi
- Fire Point: 22.4 mi
- Big Spring: 20.3 mi
- Little Spring: 20.7 mi
- Malanaphy Springs: 22.2 mi
- Highway 76 Spring: 22.8 mi
- Schechs Mill: 22.2 mi
- Little Bear Mound: 22.3 mi
- Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 11.5 mi
- Roadside Park Reststop: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | NE 36° | 356 m | 23.8 mi |
| Lawrence Hill | ENE 76° | 353 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Hosmer | E 95° | 320 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:46 | 16:33 |
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 | 21 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waukon, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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