Nature reserve · Iowa

Little Sioux Wildlife Management Area

Little Sioux Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Little Sioux Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 418 m. The nearest named place is Dickens Pit, a nature reserve 5.1 miles away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 418 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.05476, -95.05178

13.4 mi off the Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Dickens Pit: 5.1 mi
Stouffer Memorial Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi
Oneota Little Sioux Access Park: 6.3 mi
Elk Lake Wetland Complex: 6.8 mi
DU Marsh Waterfowl Production Area: 6.9 mi

Parks

De Wolf Park: 5.8 mi
River View Park: 6.7 mi
Waterway Park: 6.7 mi
East Leach Park: 7.0 mi
West Leach Park: 7.4 mi

Beaches29

Terrace Beach: 21.0 mi
Maywood Beach: 21.1 mi
Bay View Beach: 21.3 mi
Jones Beach: 21.5 mi
Wheelers Beach: 21.5 mi

Museums17

Parker Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
Parker Museum: 7.4 mi
Clay County Heritage Center: 7.4 mi
Sioux Rapids Area Historical Association Museum: 12.2 mi
L.M. & O. Railroad Museum: 14.2 mi

Historic sites3

Robert Emmet Statue: 19.2 mi
Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 21.9 mi
Bike Monument: 22.8 mi

Attractions2

Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 20.1 mi
Emmet County Nature Center: 24.9 mi

Gardens1

Pumpkin Patch: 19.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:55	19:33
June solstice	05:42	20:20	21:04
September equinox	07:08	18:42	19:19
December solstice	07:49	16:03	16:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	16	21	33	46	59	69	73	70	62	49	34	21
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	3.7	3.8	3.3	2.4	1.4	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer 1 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/968896917

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