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Little Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area

Little Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Little Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Forty Preserve, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Iowa Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24887, -90.47651

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ernst Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Felderman Park: 2.4 mi
  • Cole Park: 2.4 mi
  • Big Mill Homestead: 2.6 mi
  • Sarge O'Neil Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks: 51
Nature reserves: 41
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Attractions: 22
Peaks: 18
  • North Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • South Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.2 mi
  • Lost Mound: 10.5 mi
  • Dygerts Mound: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 3
Springs: 3
  • Cedar Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Marsden Well: 11.7 mi
  • Plum Creek Spring: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Thunder Bay Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Apple Canyon Waterfall: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavilion: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White HillNNE 32°381 m23.9 mi
Charles MoundNE 34°374 m21.4 mi
Benton MoundENE 65°367 m24.1 mi
Mount SumnerNE 48°357 m22.8 mi
Scales MoundNE 35°356 m18.4 mi
Squirrel Grove MoundNE 44°355 m23.9 mi
Hudson MoundNE 44°354 m21.9 mi
Sinsinawa MoundN 350°353 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2620:0020:43
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2815:4816:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212436486070747264523827
Precip in1.31.62.23.84.25.64.33.83.63.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue L&D 12, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/75609118

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