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Ringgold Wildlife Management Area

Ringgold Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ringgold Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 321 m. Devils Horn stands 367 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poe Hollow County Park, a park 8.4 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
321 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.59862, -94.14359

61 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Poe Hollow County Park: 8.4 mi
  • The Ringgold Trailway: 8.7 mi
  • Judge Lewis Park: 9.6 mi
  • Liberty Lake Park: 9.8 mi
  • Fife's Grove County Park: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Museums: 6
  • Hazel Glen Rural School: 16.7 mi
  • Old Telephone Factory: 16.7 mi
  • Pioneer Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Home of Emeline Cornwall: 16.8 mi
  • Diagonal Printing Museum: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
Peaks: 2
  • Mount Waller: 15.0 mi
  • Devils Horn: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Eagleville Welcome Center & Rest Area: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Nine Eagles Lakeside Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Little River Beach: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils HornW 259°367 m22.7 mi
Mount WallerSW 233°333 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4720:1020:52
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3816:1016:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222739506070747365523827
Precip in0.71.32.23.45.45.44.44.03.72.92.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT AYR, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/410368103

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