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Puhl Wildlife Management Area

Puhl Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Puhl Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 307 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Acres, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 80 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
307 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97642, -92.79180

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marble Rock City Park: 4.1 mi
  • Tosanak Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
  • Perrin Park: 5.5 mi
  • Wunsch Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 7.8 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 6
  • Butler County Freedom Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 24.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Rancho Deluxe: 23.7 mi
  • The Music Man Square: 23.8 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Fort Sumter Rock: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort Sumter RockSSW 196°306 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4619:24
June solstice05:3320:1120:54
September equinox06:5918:3319:10
December solstice07:4015:5416:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172134475969727062503523
Precip in1.01.11.93.75.16.14.94.33.82.61.71.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charles City, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/944299106

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