Nature reserve · Iowa

Ottosen Marsh State Game Management Area

Ottosen Marsh State Game Management Area from directly overhead

Ottosen Marsh State Game Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. The nearest named place is Bradgate State Fishing Access, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 349 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.81835, -94.34748

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Bradgate State Fishing Access: 3.3 mi
Willows Access: 4.1 mi
Stearn's Woods: 5.0 mi
Martin Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi
Banwart Prairie: 5.6 mi

Parks

Pilot Creek Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
Oxbow Park: 7.5 mi
Joe Sheldon Park: 7.8 mi
West River Ball Diamonds: 8.3 mi
Rainbow Drive Park: 8.3 mi

Museums11

Humboldt County Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
West Bend Historical Society Museum: 11.0 mi
Poduska Farm: 13.6 mi
Fleege Farm: 16.9 mi
Camp Algona POW Museum: 18.1 mi

Ghost towns4

Unique: 7.0 mi
Rubens: 14.8 mi
Plum Creek: 21.5 mi
Sexton: 22.5 mi

Artworks3

Pocahontas Statue: 16.8 mi
Kossuth Lajos: 18.2 mi
Freedom Rock: 23.1 mi

Attractions2

Grotto of the Redemption: 11.3 mi
Lu Verne City Jail: 14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:52	19:30
June solstice	05:40	20:17	21:00
September equinox	07:05	18:39	19:17
December solstice	07:46	16:01	16:47

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	16	21	34	46	58	69	72	70	62	50	35	22
Precip in	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.3	4.8	5.5	4.2	4.5	3.3	2.5	1.6	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Humboldt WTP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/968891376

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