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Patterson Recreation and Wildlife Area

Patterson Recreation and Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Patterson Recreation and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 351 m. The nearest named place is WRP, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
351 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.19696, -94.17815

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • WRP: 1.1 mi
  • Buffalo Creek Bottoms: 1.2 mi
  • Wapati Waterfowl Production Area: 1.4 mi
  • Bluestem Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
  • Plum Creek Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
Parks: 24
  • Smith Lake Park: 6.1 mi
  • Memory Park: 7.5 mi
  • Gruis Park: 7.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 8.7 mi
  • Central Park: 9.2 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 3
  • MIA-POW Display: 7.6 mi
  • World's Largest Bullhead: 19.6 mi
  • Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Kossuth Lajos: 9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:3820:1721:01
September equinox07:0518:3819:16
December solstice07:4615:5816:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152033465969727063503422
Precip in0.91.01.93.44.75.54.14.33.32.41.51.1

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/161007666

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