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Pleasant Lake Wildlife Management Area

Pleasant Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Pleasant Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 463 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Prairie Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.3 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
463 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39969, -95.02541

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Prairie Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
  • Christopherson Slough Complex: 3.8 mi
  • Hales Slough Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
  • Pachmayr Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
  • Minnewashta Access: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Elinor Bedell State Park: 2.7 mi
  • East Okoboji Access: 3.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 4.3 mi
  • Dickinson County Community Gardens: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 47
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 7
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Bike Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 9.1 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 9.4 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Martin County Highest Point: 11.4 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 23.1 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 24.3 mi
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Emmet County Nature Center: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 16.6 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 16.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 8.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pleasant Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ocheyedan MoundW 271°490 m24.9 mi
Jackson County Highest PointWNW 292°480.3 m23.1 mi
Martin County Highest PointNE 49°429.8 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:33
June solstice05:4020:2121:05
September equinox07:0818:4219:19
December solstice07:5016:0116:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162032465869737063493421
Precip in0.50.61.43.04.14.83.53.73.02.11.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spirit Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036856387

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