Nature reserve · Iowa

Justen Wildlife Area

Justen Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Justen Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. The nearest named place is Split Rock County Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 55 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 314 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.92006, -92.26844

55.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
22.9 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Split Rock County Park: 1.7 mi
Alcock Park: 3.5 mi
Robert Mattke Park: 4.2 mi
Brad Niewoehner Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
Railroad Park: 4.5 mi

Nature reserves

Wendt's Woods: 3.9 mi
Schroeder, Herman and Hilda Preserve: 5.4 mi
Ringneck Wildlife Area: 5.8 mi
Sweet Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
Wapsi Junction Park: 7.1 mi

Museums11

Carnegie Culture Center: 9.9 mi
Chickasaw County Museum: 13.3 mi
Jackson Number Twelve School Museum: 14.1 mi
Readlyn Historical Society: 15.2 mi
Bremer County Historical Society Museum: 17.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Siegel: 7.7 mi
Donnan: 19.8 mi

Artworks1

Dancing St. Francis: 17.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:44	19:21
June solstice	05:31	20:09	20:52
September equinox	06:57	18:31	19:08
December solstice	07:38	15:52	16:38

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	16	20	33	47	59	69	72	70	62	50	35	23
Precip in	1.2	1.1	2.0	3.9	5.1	6.0	4.8	4.3	3.7	3.0	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tripoli, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912964748

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