Nature reserve · Iowa

Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area

Elevation, modelled: 290 m
Nearest byway: Great River Road78.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:47local time
Coordinates: 40.8653, -92.8794

Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area from directly overhead

Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled 290 m. The nearest named place is Prairie Ridge Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 78 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles.

On the road

78.1 mi off the Great River RoadNational
12.7 mi off the Historic Hills Scenic Byway

Around it

112 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves54

Parks39

Prairie Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
Lake Rathbun Area - Buck Creek East: 1.2 mi
Lake Rathbun Area - Buck Creek East: 1.4 mi
Honey Creek Resort: 2.4 mi
Honey Creek State Park: 2.7 mi

Museums11

Moravia Wabash Depot Museum: 3.4 mi
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail: 8.9 mi
Appanoose Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 9.2 mi
Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 9.2 mi
Monroe County Historical Museum: 11.9 mi

Ghost towns3

Buxton Historic Townsite: 20.5 mi
Dudley: 21.5 mi
Howland: 23.2 mi

Historic sites2

Gone West Memorial: 17.2 mi
Curtis King: 24.7 mi

Attractions1

Bessie's Barn: 10.4 mi

Artworks1

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W: 11.2 mi

Rest areas1

West Gate Rest Area: 22.0 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:48	19:24
June solstice	05:41	20:06	20:47
September equinox	07:00	18:34	19:10
December solstice	07:33	16:04	16:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	22	26	39	50	61	71	75	74	65	53	40	28
Precip in	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.9	5.4	5.2	4.6	4.6	3.8	2.9	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rathbun DAM, 3 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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