Nature reserve · Iowa

Plover Wildlife Area

Plover Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Plover Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 369 m. The nearest named place is Tiernan Homestead Natural Area, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 369 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.86452, -94.59961

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Tiernan Homestead Natural Area: 3.0 mi
Plover Waterfowl Production Area: 5.8 mi
West Bend Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
Havelock Wildlife Area: 6.4 mi
River Runner Access: 6.4 mi

Parks50

Meredith Park: 3.1 mi
Feldman Park: 4.5 mi
Streit Park: 5.1 mi
West Des Moines River Canoe Stop: 5.9 mi
Mallard City Park: 6.5 mi

Museums13

Poduska Farm: 6.0 mi
Fleege Farm: 7.0 mi
West Bend Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
Cylinder Heritage Museum: 15.7 mi
Victorian Museum on Main: 17.5 mi

Ghost towns2

Rubens: 3.5 mi
Unique: 16.4 mi

Artworks2

Pocahontas Statue: 9.6 mi
Kossuth Lajos: 23.1 mi

Attractions2

Grotto of the Redemption: 10.4 mi
Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 17.6 mi

Historic sites1

Robert Emmet Statue: 17.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:23	18:53	19:31
June solstice	05:41	20:18	21:01
September equinox	07:06	18:40	19:18
December solstice	07:47	16:02	16:48

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	17	21	34	47	60	70	73	71	63	50	35	22
Precip in	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	4.6	4.7	4.0	4.3	2.6	2.3	1.6	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pocahontas, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036333763

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