Nature reserve · Iowa

Nelson Wildlife Area

Nelson Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Nelson Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 316 m. The nearest named place is Chickasaw Mill County Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 65 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 316 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.99709, -92.48860

65.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Chickasaw Mill County Park: 2.8 mi
Cedar Lake Park: 3.4 mi
Cedar View Park: 3.9 mi
Sheakley Park: 9.2 mi
Haus Park: 9.3 mi

Nature reserves

Nashua Cedar Access: 3.8 mi
Howards Wood Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
Stoltz Addition Park: 4.4 mi
Wapsi Junction Park: 5.8 mi
Jenn Timber Park: 5.9 mi

Museums10

Chickasaw County Museum: 3.3 mi
Carnegie Culture Center: 9.9 mi
Floyd County Historical Society Museum: 10.6 mi
Floyd County Museum: 10.6 mi
Jackson Number Twelve School Museum: 16.4 mi

Historic sites2

Butler County Freedom Rock: 17.4 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 22.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Siegel: 13.4 mi

Artworks1

Dancing St. Francis: 18.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:45	19:22
June solstice	05:32	20:10	20:53
September equinox	06:58	18:32	19:09
December solstice	07:39	15:53	16:39

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	14	19	32	45	57	68	71	68	61	48	33	21
Precip in	1.3	1.4	2.3	4.2	4.9	6.6	5.0	4.6	3.8	2.7	2.1	1.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Hampton, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912964756

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