Nature reserve · Iowa

Pioneer Prairie Pothole Wildlife Area

Pioneer Prairie Pothole Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Pioneer Prairie Pothole Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 359 m. The nearest named place is Unique, a ghost town 3.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 359 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.66250, -94.35643

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Whitetail Ridge: 5.9 mi
Birke Wildlife Area: 6.8 mi
Lizard Lake: 7.0 mi
Lizard Lake Access: 7.3 mi
Scott Island: 7.4 mi

Parks

Coopers Cove County Park: 6.1 mi
Joe Sheldon Park: 6.9 mi
Oxbow Park: 7.0 mi
Worthington Park: 7.5 mi
Riverside Park: 7.7 mi

Museums10

Humboldt County Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
Blanden Memorial Art Museum: 14.1 mi
The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 14.4 mi
Curious Kids' Museum: 14.8 mi
Poduska Farm: 15.2 mi

Attractions5

Webster County Fairgrounds: 16.1 mi
Grotto of the Redemption: 21.4 mi
Lu Verne City Jail: 22.0 mi
Boneyard Hollow: 23.1 mi
Copperas Beds: 23.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Unique: 3.8 mi
Rubens: 18.1 mi

Artworks2

Freedom Rock: 13.5 mi
Pocahontas Statue: 16.1 mi

Historic sites1

Eagle Grove War Memorial: 23.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:53	19:30
June solstice	05:40	20:17	21:00
September equinox	07:05	18:39	19:17
December solstice	07:45	16:02	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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/968891373

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