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Hartman Wildlife Area

Hartman Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Hartman Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 326 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sac and Fox Overlook, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 101 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
326 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41961, -93.04589

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pine Ridge Area County Park: 1.1 mi
  • Washington Square Park: 1.3 mi
  • Steamboat Rock City Park: 1.6 mi
  • John Gruis Park: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Lake State Park: 3.7 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 4
  • Eldora Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Lake Beach: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Fort Sumter Rock: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort Sumter RockNNE 21°306 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:25
June solstice05:3620:1120:53
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3915:5716:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172234475969737063503523
Precip in1.11.22.14.05.25.94.14.53.62.81.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eldora, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1039391389

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