Nature reserve · Iowa
Iowa Lake
Iowa Lake is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 461 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson County Highest Point, a peak 2.0 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 469;460
How to reach it
Coordinates43.49538, -95.45922
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Ocheyedan Town Park: 7.0 mi
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary Playground: 7.3 mi
- Silver Lake Park: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 47
- Estherville Beach: 15.1 mi
- Raebels Beach: 15.1 mi
- Brownells Beach: 15.1 mi
- Egralharve Beach: 15.2 mi
- Pike's Point Beach: 15.8 mi
Museums: 7
- McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House: 15.6 mi
- Higgins Museum: 18.0 mi
- Dickinson County Museum: 18.4 mi
- Clark Museum of Area History: 18.4 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Bike Monument: 16.4 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 18.3 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 18.4 mi
- O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 3
- Jackson County Highest Point: 2.0 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 7.1 mi
- Hawkeye Point: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Worthington Welcome Center: 10.8 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 21.2 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 24.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Pumpkin Patch: 18.7 mi
- Getting's Garden: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iowa Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkeye Point | W 259° | 509 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ocheyedan Mound | SSW 206° | 490 m | 7.1 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | N 8° | 480.3 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:23 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:02 | 16:49 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Park, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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