Nature reserve · Iowa

Homestead Ridge Area

Homestead Ridge Area from directly overhead

Homestead Ridge Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 337 m. The nearest named place is Boone River Greenbelt Middleton Access, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 140 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 337 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.56591, -93.89594

140.2 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Troy Park: 2.6 mi
Cat Fields: 2.6 mi
Woolstock Little Park: 2.7 mi
Sportsman Park: 4.7 mi
Jaycee Park: 6.5 mi

Nature reserves51

Boone River Greenbelt Middleton Access: 1.8 mi
Rossow Prairie: 6.1 mi
Mark and Sadie Bishop Conservation Area: 7.4 mi
Prairie Pond Wildlife Area: 9.3 mi
Barner Wildlife Area Number One: 12.3 mi

Museums11

Eagle Grove Historical Society: 6.8 mi
4-H Schoolhouse Museum: 13.7 mi
Heartland Museum: 13.8 mi
Curious Kids' Museum: 14.1 mi
Blanden Memorial Art Museum: 15.3 mi

Historic sites4

Eide Memorial Fountain: 2.6 mi
Eagle Grove War Memorial: 6.8 mi
Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 21.1 mi
Old Dam: 24.0 mi

Attractions3

Boneyard Hollow: 14.8 mi
Copperas Beds: 15.9 mi
Webster County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi

Artworks1

Freedom Rock: 16.5 mi

Rest areas1

I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 23.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:51	19:28
June solstice	05:39	20:15	20:57
September equinox	07:04	18:38	19:15
December solstice	07:43	16:00	16:46

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	46	58	68	72	69	62	49	35	23
Precip in	0.9	1.3	2.1	3.7	5.3	5.8	4.4	4.8	3.4	2.7	1.7	1.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034906643

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