Nature reserve · Iowa

Johnson Prairie

Johnson Prairie from directly overhead

Johnson Prairie is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 359 m. The nearest named place is Davis Preservation Area, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 359 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.36441, -94.52786

21.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Davis Preservation Area: 1.8 mi
Cedar Wildlife Area: 3.7 mi
Schilling Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
Center Wildlife Area: 4.9 mi
Buttolf Century Farm Wildlife Area: 5.4 mi

Parks

County Home Park: 4.5 mi
Highway 20 Rest Area: 4.9 mi
Rockwell City Park: 6.1 mi
Highway Number Four Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
University Forty County Park: 7.9 mi

Museums9

Calhoun County Museum: 5.8 mi
Historic Central School: 12.5 mi
Gowrie Depot Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 18.8 mi
Webster County Museum: 19.9 mi

Attractions4

Webster County Fairgrounds: 18.1 mi
Copperas Beds: 22.6 mi
Boneyard Hollow: 23.1 mi
World's Largest Popcorn Ball: 24.4 mi

Artworks2

Freedom Rock: 18.8 mi
Memorial Statue: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:53	19:30
June solstice	05:42	20:16	20:59
September equinox	07:06	18:40	19:17
December solstice	07:45	16:04	16:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	17	22	35	47	59	70	73	71	63	50	36	23
Precip in	0.8	1.0	2.0	3.8	5.0	5.0	3.5	4.5	3.0	2.4	1.5	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockwell City, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1035125641

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