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Grass Lake State Wildlife Management Area

Grass Lake State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Grass Lake State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 398 m. Martin County Highest Point stands 430 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
398 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48089, -94.75928

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trinity Park: 5.5 mi
  • Thoreson Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 6.0 mi
  • Wayne King Park: 6.2 mi
  • South Fourteenth Street Park: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 47
Museums: 12
  • Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex: 6.3 mi
  • Emmet County Historical: 6.4 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Center: 6.6 mi
  • Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 12.5 mi
  • Armstrong Heritage Museum: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 6.6 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 12.6 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 17.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Martin County Highest Point: 5.1 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Emmet County Nature Center: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 19.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Martin County Highest PointWNW 292°429.8 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:31
June solstice05:3920:2021:04
September equinox07:0718:4119:18
December solstice07:5015:5916:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932455768716961483320
Precip in0.80.81.43.54.54.83.93.73.22.51.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estherville 4E, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036129710

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