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McCoy Wildlife Management Area

McCoy Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

McCoy Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ledges Research Station, a park 0.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97709, -93.89130

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 55
Gardens: 23
Museums: 19
  • Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Boone County Historical Center: 5.9 mi
  • Railroad Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Battin Chapel: 6.6 mi
  • Hickory Grove School Museum: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 6.2 mi
  • Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 6.2 mi
  • Elwood the Gnome: 13.1 mi
  • "Twister Hill": 13.5 mi
  • Story City Carousel: 21.3 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundNNW 334°362.7 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:4120:1320:55
September equinox07:0418:3819:15
December solstice07:4116:0316:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192336486070747264513725
Precip in1.21.42.34.15.25.44.84.93.33.02.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/969875377

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