Nature reserve · Iowa
Prairie Smoke Wildlife Area - Central Unit
Prairie Smoke Wildlife Area - Central Unit is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 372 m. The nearest named place is Snarl Street Wetlands, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 124 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 372 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.73841, -93.60467
- 123.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bringham Park: 2.1 mi
- Lake Cornelia Park: 5.7 mi
- East Park: 6.1 mi
- Hanson Park: 6.4 mi
- Gazebo Park: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves: 53
- Snarl Street Wetlands: 1.1 mi
- Horse Grove Reitz Forest Area: 1.9 mi
- Edwin McClenahan Wildlife Area: 2.9 mi
- Pikes Timber Park: 3.9 mi
- Elm Lake Waterfowl Production Area: 4.0 mi
Museums: 15
- Heartland Museum: 7.1 mi
- 4-H Schoolhouse Museum: 7.1 mi
- Belmond Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum: 7.6 mi
- Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Museum: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Old Dam: 7.5 mi
- Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Grove War Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Eide Memorial Fountain: 16.9 mi
- Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 8.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:14 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarion, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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