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Kuhn Wildlife Area

Kuhn Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Kuhn Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 360 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Haugen Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 102 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
360 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.21031, -93.48013

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pilot Knob State Park: 4.8 mi
  • Armour Pugh Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • West Lake Park: 5.8 mi
  • Clear Lake Access: 5.9 mi
  • Ventura City Park: 6.0 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 14
  • Buddy Holly Glasses: 5.4 mi
  • Three Stars Monument: 6.6 mi
  • National Register of Historic Places: 6.7 mi
  • World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Heritage Park: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • The Music Man Square: 14.8 mi
  • Rancho Deluxe: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Knob: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Central Gardens of North Iowa: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Iowa Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring of Winnebago River: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kuhn Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobNW 309°443 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4919:26
June solstice05:3520:1520:58
September equinox07:0218:3619:13
December solstice07:4315:5616:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162033465869726961483422
Precip in0.91.22.34.15.15.44.43.83.42.51.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034893113

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