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Hurlburt Wildlife Area

Hurlburt Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Hurlburt Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 340 m. The nearest named place is Wildwood Recreation Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 118 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
340 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.09942, -94.21642

118 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 60
  • Wildwood Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Plum Creek Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
  • Bur Oak Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
  • Smith Prairie Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Smith Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
Parks: 34
  • Veterans Park: 1.8 mi
  • Smith Lake Park: 2.1 mi
  • Central Park: 2.2 mi
  • Maple Park: 2.6 mi
  • Blackford Park: 2.8 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • MIA-POW Display: 13.2 mi
  • Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 20.9 mi
  • World's Largest Bullhead: 23.2 mi
  • Robert Emmet Statue: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Kossuth Lajos: 2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:3820:1721:01
September equinox07:0518:3919:16
December solstice07:4615:5916:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152033465969727063503422
Precip in0.91.01.93.44.75.54.14.33.32.41.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Algona, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034906628

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