Prairie Pond Wildlife Area
Prairie Pond Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 337 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ducombe City Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 337 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ducombe City Park: 1.4 mi
- Woodman Hollow State Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Gordon's Marsh Area: 6.9 mi
- Nokomi's Park: 8.6 mi
- Wilson Brewer Memorial Park: 8.9 mi
- Brushy Creek State Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Holliday Creek Area Park: 5.7 mi
- Dolliver Memorial State Park: 6.2 mi
- Rossow Prairie: 6.5 mi
- Lost Acres WIldlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Webster County Museum: 8.2 mi
- Curious Kids' Museum: 9.5 mi
- Blanden Memorial Art Museum: 10.6 mi
- The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 11.1 mi
- Vintage Iron Antiques Museum: 12.9 mi
- Boneyard Hollow: 5.8 mi
- Copperas Beds: 6.8 mi
- Webster County Fairgrounds: 10.7 mi
- "Twister Hill": 19.7 mi
- Eide Memorial Fountain: 11.0 mi
- Eagle Grove War Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Founders Rock: 22.7 mi
- Freedom Rock: 11.7 mi
- Pilot Mound: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Pond Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | S 183° | 362.7 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:15 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:01 | 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 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster City, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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