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Reiter Wildlife Area

Reiter Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Reiter Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 401 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is C Earl Page Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
401 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.16698, -95.15827

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • C Earl Page Park: 1.1 mi
  • North School Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fairview Park: 1.4 mi
  • Westview Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 47
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 5
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ocheyedan MoundNW 312°490 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:33
June solstice05:4220:2121:05
September equinox07:0918:4219:20
December solstice07:5016:0216:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162133465969737062493421
Precip in0.70.81.73.54.24.63.73.83.32.41.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer 1 N, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/968896902

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