Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area
Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Bunker Hill stands 356 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackhawk Point Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Driftless Area Scenic Byway runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- On the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
- 21.5 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Lock and Dam 8 · 8 mi
- Reno south prairie · 9 mi
- GrandView Rock · 10 mi
- Reno Quarry Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Albin Big Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Hayes Lake Roadside Park: 2.2 mi
- Blackhawk County Park: 2.6 mi
- New Albin Park: 2.7 mi
- City Park: 4.4 mi
- Blackhawk Point Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Battle Island: 2.2 mi
- Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Lansing Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Lansing Big Lake: 4.6 mi
- Battle of Bad Axe: 3.1 mi
- Black Hawk's Outpost: 5.3 mi
- La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor: 8.1 mi
- Dams on the Mississippi: 8.1 mi
- Black Hawk and Winnebago Trails: 9.0 mi
- Lawrence Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mount Hosmer: 6.6 mi
- Fairy Rock: 11.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 16.1 mi
- Monument Rock: 17.5 mi
- Museum of River History: 7.0 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 15.8 mi
- Allamakee County Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
- Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.: 24.2 mi
- Dahl Auto Museum: 24.3 mi
- Saint Juan Diego and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga: 21.1 mi
- Saint Joseph the Workman: 21.1 mi
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 21.2 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 21.3 mi
- Saint Juan Diego: 21.3 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 20.0 mi
- Little Spring: 20.3 mi
- Highway 76 Spring: 21.1 mi
- Crowley Spring: 24.8 mi
- Winneshiek Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Hole-In-Rock: 19.7 mi
- Quarry: 24.9 mi
- Schechs Mill: 21.3 mi
- World's Largest Six-Pack: 24.1 mi
- Explore La Crosse: 24.7 mi
- Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 9.8 mi
- Roadside Park Reststop: 18.7 mi
- Pettibone Beach: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | NNE 30° | 356 m | 16.1 mi |
| Lawrence Hill | ESE 118° | 353 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Hosmer | SSE 157° | 320 m | 6.6 mi |
| Hedgehog Bluff | N 8° | 309 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cliffwood Bluff | N 8° | 279 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Genoa DAM 8, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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