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Green Hollow Wildlife Management Area

Green Hollow Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Green Hollow Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 324 m. King Hill stands 359 m to the northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Forneys Lake State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
324 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85197, -95.73942

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thurman Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pinky's Glen: 3.2 mi
  • Tabor City Park: 4.7 mi
  • Sidney City Park: 8.4 mi
  • Whistlestop Park: 11.9 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Paradise Park Beach: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillNW 309°359 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5220:1720:59
September equinox07:1118:4619:22
December solstice07:4516:1516:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232839516272757366543928
Precip in0.81.01.83.15.34.84.53.33.12.71.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney 1sse, 10 mi away.

  • wild carrot3 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle3 obs
  • butterfly milkweed2 obs
  • Ghost Pipe2 obs
  • smooth sumac2 obs
  • Tawny-edged Skipper2 obs
  • Clouded Sulphur2 obs
  • hoary vervain2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/944879424

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