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Loof Wildlife Management Area

Loof Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Loof Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 472 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Houwen's Habitat, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
472 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.44876, -95.62396

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sharbondy Park: 3.2 mi
  • Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 4.7 mi
  • Ocheyedan Town Park: 5.0 mi
  • Wyatt Park: 5.1 mi
  • Keller Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 26
Museums: 12
  • McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House: 6.8 mi
  • George Bicentennial Museum: 20.2 mi
  • Lynn Township No. 5 Historical Building: 21.1 mi
  • Prairie School Historical Building: 21.1 mi
  • Lynn Township No. 5 Historical Building: 21.1 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Hawkeye Point: 4.3 mi
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 6.1 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Lyon County Freedom Rock: 20.3 mi
  • Bike Monument: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 8.3 mi
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Getting's Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointW 280°509 m4.3 mi
Ocheyedan MoundESE 122°490 m6.1 mi
Jackson County Highest PointENE 59°480.3 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:4320:2421:08
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5316:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483220
Precip in0.70.81.63.24.14.93.33.63.32.31.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sibley, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034888088

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