Howards Wood Recreation Area
Howards Wood Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Lake Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 69 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
- 68.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Lake Park: 1.8 mi
- Cedar View Park: 1.9 mi
- Chickasaw Mill County Park: 4.6 mi
- College Grounds: 7.5 mi
- Waverly Hill Park: 7.6 mi
- Nashua Cedar Access: 2.6 mi
- Nelson Wildlife Area: 3.8 mi
- Winterink Woods: 4.1 mi
- Cedar River Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Little Cedar Wildlife Area: 7.0 mi
- Chickasaw County Museum: 2.5 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Floyd County Museum: 8.1 mi
- Carnegie Culture Center: 13.6 mi
- Marble Rock Historical Society Museum: 15.6 mi
- Butler County Freedom Rock: 13.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Siegel: 14.9 mi
- Dancing St. Francis: 18.2 mi
- Fort Sumter Rock: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howards Wood Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Sumter Rock | SW 223° | 306 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
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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