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Horton Township Cemetery Prairie Preserve

Horton Township Cemetery Prairie Preserve from directly overhead

Horton Township Cemetery Prairie Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 483 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocheyadan Y Rest Area, a park 1.0 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
483;484

How to reach it

Coordinates43.44333, -95.54369

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 1.0 mi
  • Ocheyedan Town Park: 2.2 mi
  • Keller Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
  • Sharbondy Park: 5.7 mi
  • Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 47
Historic sites: 5
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 18.7 mi
  • Bike Monument: 18.9 mi
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 20.9 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 23.3 mi
  • Lyon County Freedom Rock: 24.0 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 3.0 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 7.1 mi
  • Hawkeye Point: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Getting's Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horton Township Cemetery Prairie Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointW 278°509 m8.4 mi
Ocheyedan MoundSSE 158°490 m3.0 mi
Jackson County Highest PointNE 39°480.3 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:35
June solstice05:4220:2421:07
September equinox07:1018:4419:21
December solstice07:5316:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483220
Precip in0.70.81.63.24.14.93.33.63.32.31.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sibley, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/165613287

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