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Harold Clark Habitat Area

Harold Clark Habitat Area from directly overhead

Harold Clark Habitat Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 360 m. Battle Hill stands 388 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearse Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
360 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65060, -95.61419

116 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Brewer Prairie: 4.4 mi
  • Pilot Rock Lookout: 4.5 mi
  • Stieneke Area County Park: 4.5 mi
  • Spring Lake Park: 6.7 mi
  • Cherokee County Fairgrounds: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Pilot Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Battle Hill: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Fighter jets: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Battle HillS 176°388 m22.3 mi
Pilot RockNE 45°366 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5819:35
June solstice05:4520:2221:05
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5016:0716:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172134475969737163493522
Precip in0.60.81.73.24.35.23.44.13.32.21.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherokee, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1035858113

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