Nature reserve · Iowa
Groom Area
Groom Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. The nearest named place is Dows River Access, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 121 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 350 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.69813, -93.53605
- 120.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Dows Park: 2.3 mi
- Bringham Park: 2.5 mi
- Toft County Park: 3.0 mi
- Interstate Lake Park: 6.4 mi
- Coulter City Park: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 55
- Dows River Access: 1.5 mi
- Gun Club Corner: 2.7 mi
- Toft Wildlife Area: 2.9 mi
- Horse Grove Reitz Forest Area: 2.9 mi
- Snarl Street Wetlands: 4.4 mi
Museums: 15
- Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum: 3.2 mi
- 4-H Schoolhouse Museum: 10.8 mi
- Heartland Museum: 10.8 mi
- Belmond Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
- Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Museum: 13.1 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 3.5 mi
- Old Dam: 11.0 mi
- Eide Memorial Fountain: 18.0 mi
- Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Eagle Grove War Memorial: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 4.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:13 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
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 | 16 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarion, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
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