Keg Lake Wildlife Management Area
Keg Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 290 m. King Hill stands 359 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Haynie Slough, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 290 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whistlestop Park: 2.3 mi
- Rhylander Park: 4.5 mi
- Garfield Park: 4.6 mi
- City Field Park: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Giant Chicken: 17.0 mi
- Green Land Rover: 17.7 mi
- Mammoth: 17.8 mi
- Land Rover: 17.8 mi
- Stingray Fountain: 17.8 mi
- Oto Mission Historical Marker: 9.1 mi
- Bellevue Historical Marker: 11.0 mi
- Bellevue Depot Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- All Gave Some, Some Gave All: 11.4 mi
- Fontenelle Bank - County Courthouse Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- Homesick Angel: 10.7 mi
- Woodland Fairy Tea Party: 11.5 mi
- Tom's Treehouse: 14.8 mi
- Nebraska Constitution Tree: 14.8 mi
- Grewcock Elephant Habitat: 17.6 mi
- Haynie Slough: 0.7 mi
- Noddleman Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Mile Hill Lake Park: 4.3 mi
- Glenwood Archaeological State Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Schilling Island Refuge: 5.0 mi
- Pacific Junction Museum: 2.3 mi
- Cass County Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Mills County Museum: 5.6 mi
- Fontenelle Bank: 11.4 mi
- Sarpy County Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Immanuel Memorial Garden: 13.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.9 mi
- Dahlman Garden Club: 19.3 mi
- Orsi's Family Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Margaritaville: 14.2 mi
- Walnut Creek West Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Canopies: 20.0 mi
- Edward Owen Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Queen Hill: 4.2 mi
- Rock Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Factoryville: 15.4 mi
- Paradise Park Beach: 10.3 mi
- Beer Bottle Beach: 23.2 mi
- King Hill: 5.5 mi
- Stone Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keg Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Hill | SSW 195° | 359 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:18 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:15 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 40 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood 3SW, 2 mi away.
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Cedar Waxwing1 obs
- Lincoln's Sparrow1 obs
- Chipping Sparrow1 obs
- Field Sparrow1 obs
- Harris's Sparrow1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/944879413
Day trips start here
- Bellevue · 14 mi
- Papillion · 17 mi
- Council Bluffs · 19 mi
- Omaha · 21 mi
- Gretna · 25 mi
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