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Ocheyedan Mound State Preserve

Ocheyedan Mound State Preserve from directly overhead

Ocheyedan Mound State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 479 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocheyedan Mound, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
479 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.40242, -95.52084

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ocheyedan Town Park: 1.1 mi
  • Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 2.1 mi
  • Keller Wildlife Area: 2.4 mi
  • Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
  • Sharbondy Park: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 47
Historic sites: 5
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Bike Monument: 17.2 mi
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 19.3 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 23.1 mi
  • Lyon County Freedom Rock: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 0.0 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 9.0 mi
  • Hawkeye Point: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Getting's Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 13.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ocheyedan Mound State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointWNW 293°509 m10.2 mi
Ocheyedan MoundNNW 328°490 m0.0 mi
Jackson County Highest PointNNE 22°480.3 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:34
June solstice05:4220:2321:07
September equinox07:1018:4419:21
December solstice07:5216:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465970747163493421
Precip in0.80.81.73.44.65.03.83.52.92.41.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Park, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/970458608

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