Nature reserve · Iowa

Lake Odessa Wildlife Management Area

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Elevation, modelled: 163 m
Nearest byway: Great River Road1.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:41local time
Coordinates: 41.1757, -91.0705

Lake Odessa Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lake Odessa Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled 163 m. The nearest named place is Sand Run Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.1 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

Operated by: Iowa Department of Natural Resources

On the road

1.1 mi off the Great River RoadNational
112.6 mi off the Historic Route 66National

Overlooks nearby

Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 17 mi

Around it

128 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves59

Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division: 1.8 mi
Toolesboro Mounds State Preserve: 2.3 mi
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge: 2.7 mi
Ferry Landing Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Louisa Division: 3.3 mi

Parks53

Sand Run Park: 0.9 mi
Cappy Russell Access: 5.1 mi
Hwy 61 Access: 7.2 mi
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi
Louisa Interpretive Center: 7.4 mi

Museums6

Louisa County Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum: 11.1 mi
Pearl Bottom Museum: 17.0 mi
Zion School Museum: 19.4 mi
Winfield Museum: 19.4 mi

Historic sites4

Mark Twain Overlook: 17.4 mi
United States Armed Forces Memorial: 17.6 mi
Chief Taimah Memorial Site: 20.8 mi
Benjamin Nye Memorial: 21.9 mi

Artworks3

Metal Flower: 16.8 mi
Metal Monarch: 16.8 mi
Tree of Life: 16.8 mi

Cliffs1

Bald Bluff: 13.9 mi

Gardens1

Monarch Garden: 16.8 mi

Picnic sites1

East Picnic Area: 17.1 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:40	19:17
June solstice	05:32	20:00	20:41
September equinox	06:52	18:27	19:03
December solstice	07:27	15:55	16:39

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	28	39	51	62	72	76	73	66	54	41	29
Precip in	1.3	1.7	2.6	3.6	5.0	4.6	3.5	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.1	1.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Boston DAM 17, 1 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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