Happy Acres
Happy Acres is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 312 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Puhl Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 82 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 312 m
How to reach it
- 81.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Puhl Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Ackley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Cedar Hills Park: 6.2 mi
- Mink Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Trowbridge Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Marble Rock City Park: 4.4 mi
- Tosanak Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Wyatt Park Campgrounds: 6.5 mi
- Rockford Park: 7.0 mi
- Wildwood Park: 7.2 mi
- Marble Rock Historical Society Museum: 4.4 mi
- Pioneer Kitchen Museum: 4.4 mi
- Floyd County Museum: 7.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- Chickasaw County Museum: 15.6 mi
- Butler County Freedom Rock: 8.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 20.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 21.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 20.8 mi
- The Music Man Square: 20.9 mi
- Fort Sumter Rock: 20.8 mi
- Harmony in Light: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Happy Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sumter Rock | S 189° | 306 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:11 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:54 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charles City, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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