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O S Wing Wildlife Management Area

O S Wing Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

O S Wing Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 325 m. King Hill stands 359 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway runs past it. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
325 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.58909, -95.63527

109 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Rotary Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hamburg City Park: 1.6 mi
  • Golden Acres Park: 2.1 mi
  • Steamboat Trace Trail Peru Depot Trailhead: 8.7 mi
  • Sid Brown Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 17
  • Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Fremont County Historical Society: 11.0 mi
  • Taylor-Wessel-Bickel House: 12.9 mi
  • Civil War Veterans Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Flatwater Folk Art Museum: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Historic sites: 5
  • Peru State College Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
  • Mayhew Cabin Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
  • Atchison County Walk of Honor: 13.8 mi
  • J. Sterling Morton Monument: 14.1 mi
  • Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peru Trail Depot: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rock Port Rest Area & Missouri Welcome Center: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King HillNNW 335°359 m24.2 mi
Brickyard HillSSE 159°344 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5320:1620:57
September equinox07:1118:4519:21
December solstice07:4416:1616:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232839516272757366543928
Precip in0.81.01.83.15.34.84.53.33.12.71.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sidney 1sse, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/944879434

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