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Lansing Wildlife Management Area

Lansing Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lansing Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Bunker Hill stands 356 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lansing Big Lake, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Driftless Area Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
269 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39933, -91.26734

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clear Creek Park: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
  • City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Clear Creek Park: 3.8 mi
  • Blackhawk County Park: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Battle of Bad Axe: 4.8 mi
  • Black Hawk's Outpost: 6.9 mi
  • Patrick Joseph Lucey: 9.3 mi
  • Black Hawk and Winnebago Trails: 9.8 mi
  • Black Hawk Trail Marker 2: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Mount Hosmer: 3.2 mi
  • Lawrence Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 15.6 mi
  • Monument Rock: 17.8 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
  • Bathtub Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Crowley Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Little Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Highway 76 Spring: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 6.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • St. Feriole Island Gardens: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bunker HillNNE 24°356 m19.3 mi
Lawrence HillENE 76°353 m4.7 mi
Mount HosmerSE 135°320 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:2520:0620:50
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:3515:4616:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336496170747264523825
Precip in1.31.22.13.94.75.94.34.84.22.61.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Genoa DAM 8, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/944017184

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