Red Cedar Wildlife Area
Red Cedar Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Perkl stands 257 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Pike Run Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 4.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 30.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pike Run Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Gedney Lake Area: 4.0 mi
- Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Shield Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Bluffs Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Friendship Park: 8.1 mi
- Ron-De-Voo Park: 8.3 mi
- Railroad Park: 8.4 mi
- Sesquicentennial Park: 8.4 mi
- Wapsie Park: 8.4 mi
- Presidential Library Association: 15.7 mi
- P.T. Smith House: 15.7 mi
- Tallgrass Prairie Observation Deck: 15.7 mi
- House of the Maples: 15.7 mi
- Friends Meetinghouse: 15.8 mi
- Tree of Life: 12.9 mi
- Metal Monarch: 12.9 mi
- Metal Flower: 13.0 mi
- Man on a Bench: 19.1 mi
- Visionary Stone: 19.2 mi
- Lone Tree Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Pearl Bottom Museum: 11.5 mi
- Presidential Library and Museum: 15.8 mi
- West Branch Heritage Museum: 15.9 mi
- Voyage Home Riverside History Center: 16.3 mi
- Rock Island Caboose: 8.4 mi
- United States Armed Forces Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Mark Twain Overlook: 12.0 mi
- President and Mrs. Hoover Gravesite: 15.8 mi
- Travelers Rest: 15.8 mi
- I-80 EB (trucks only): 16.3 mi
- I-80 WB (trucks only): 16.4 mi
- I-80 EB: 17.1 mi
- I-80 WB: 17.2 mi
- Monarch Garden: 13.0 mi
- Cremation Garden: 18.5 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 15.8 mi
- Boy Scout Picnic Shelter: 15.8 mi
- Midway: 14.8 mi
- Perkl: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Cedar Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perkl | NW 320° | 257 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 27 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muscatine, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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