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Grant Township Wildlife Area

Grant Township Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Grant Township Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 369 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Gruis Recreation Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 109 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
369 m

What to expect

Operated by
Winnebago CCB

How to reach it

Coordinates43.26105, -93.91963

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Gruis Park: 6.2 mi
  • Crystal Lake Park: 6.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Park: 7.2 mi
  • Copp Prairie Waterfowl Production Area: 8.0 mi
  • South Park: 8.5 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 5
  • MIA-POW Display: 6.2 mi
  • World's Largest Bullhead: 7.0 mi
  • Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Heritage Park: 14.4 mi
  • Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Knob: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Lone Rock: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Kossuth Lajos: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobE 92°443 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:28
June solstice05:3620:1721:00
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:4515:5716:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932455869726962493421
Precip in0.81.52.13.94.55.44.23.63.22.61.41.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Britt 3E, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/78252829

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