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Girl Scout Area

Girl Scout Area from directly overhead

Girl Scout Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. The nearest named place is Roadside Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 111 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hardin County Conservation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.52233, -93.29892

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roadside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Foster Park: 1.0 mi
  • Assembly Park: 1.4 mi
  • Fitz Riverbend Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dougans Landing: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 12.6 mi
  • Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Eldora Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Lake Beach: 15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:26
June solstice05:3720:1220:55
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:4015:5816:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172134475969737063503523
Precip in0.91.22.13.85.66.14.54.43.52.62.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iowa Falls, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/79401237

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