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Pagel Flaming Prairie Park

Pagel Flaming Prairie Park from directly overhead

Pagel Flaming Prairie Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 164 m. The nearest named place is Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge - Big Timber Division, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
164 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.26582, -91.11625

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Louisa Interpretive Center: 1.8 mi
  • Hwy 61 Access: 5.5 mi
  • Blanchard Island Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
  • Sand Run Park: 6.9 mi
  • Oregon Field: 9.9 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 4
  • United States Armed Forces Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Overlook: 11.9 mi
  • Benjamin Nye Memorial: 17.8 mi
  • Rock Island Caboose: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Buffalo Shores Beach: 23.2 mi
  • Buffalo Beach: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Monarch Garden: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • East Picnic Area: 22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:3220:0020:42
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2815:5516:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232839516272767366544129
Precip in1.31.72.63.65.04.63.53.83.32.92.11.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Boston DAM 17, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/410402613

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