Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area
Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 331 m. Mount Moses stands 409 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Scheueman Prairie, a nature reserve 4.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 331 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
125 named places within 25 miles
- Freedom Park: 4.8 mi
- Head Park: 6.0 mi
- Head Park: 6.4 mi
- Spring Lake County Park: 6.6 mi
- Washington Park: 6.6 mi
- Scheueman Prairie: 4.6 mi
- Finn Pond Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Bristol Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- Brown Bridge Access: 7.6 mi
- Waters Wildlife Area: 7.8 mi
- Greene County Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Jefferson Telephone Company Museum: 6.8 mi
- Gowrie Depot Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Hickory Grove Rural School Museum: 19.3 mi
- Historic Central School: 20.1 mi
- Lindsey Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Lincoln Statue: 6.8 mi
- Old Bagley School: 18.4 mi
- Shawn Muhr Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Founders Rock: 24.0 mi
- Pilot Mound: 20.4 mi
- Mount Moses: 24.3 mi
- "Twister Hill": 22.9 mi
- Copperas Beds: 24.8 mi
- Coon Rapids Sculpture Park: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goose Lake State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Moses | W 266° | 409 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pilot Mound | E 82° | 362.7 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 23 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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