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Rhodes Timber

Rhodes Timber from directly overhead

Rhodes Timber is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. The nearest named place is Rhodes Trailhead Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 115 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Marshall CCB

How to reach it

Coordinates41.93528, -93.19705

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rhodes Trailhead Park: 1.0 mi
  • Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 1.5 mi
  • Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 2.1 mi
  • Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 2.8 mi
  • Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 41
Gardens: 21
  • Kiwanis Butterfly Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 18.5 mi
  • Community Gardens: 22.7 mi
  • Penkhus Campanile Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Trial Garden: 23.2 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 11
  • Ducks: 15.2 mi
  • Turkey Pen: 15.2 mi
  • Chickens: 15.3 mi
  • Goat Pen: 15.3 mi
  • Elwood the Gnome: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Rock Creek Beach: 22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3820:1020:52
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:3816:0016:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182335486070737163513724
Precip in0.91.22.03.54.85.84.34.23.42.72.01.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/79401197

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