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Ringham Habitat Area

Ringham Habitat Area from directly overhead

Ringham Habitat Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 401 m. Martin County Highest Point stands 430 m to the north-northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is North Trailhead, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
401 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.45334, -94.87215

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Trinity Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 3.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mike Mickelson Park: 3.9 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.9 mi
Museums: 12
  • Estherville Meteorite Center: 4.1 mi
  • Emmet County Historical: 4.6 mi
  • Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex: 4.7 mi
  • Dickinson County Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Estherville Swinging Bridge: 3.7 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 4.1 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 12.2 mi
  • Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Martin County Highest Point: 3.9 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Emmet County Nature Center: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 15.0 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 16.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Pumpkin Patch: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Martin County Highest PointNNE 13°429.8 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5419:32
June solstice05:4020:2121:05
September equinox07:0718:4119:19
December solstice07:5016:0016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932455768716961483320
Precip in0.80.81.43.54.54.83.93.73.22.51.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estherville 4E, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036129703

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