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Rolling Acres Potholes

Rolling Acres Potholes from directly overhead

Rolling Acres Potholes is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is Morse Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 126 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.83709, -93.67369

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 52
  • Lake Cornelia Park: 3.1 mi
  • Swimming Pool Park: 3.5 mi
  • Hanson Park: 7.4 mi
  • East Park: 7.5 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 7.9 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 5
  • Old Dam: 2.9 mi
  • Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Eagle Grove War Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 19.0 mi
  • Eide Memorial Fountain: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:3720:1420:57
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4315:5816:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162134476070737164513522
Precip in0.70.92.03.84.85.84.04.13.12.31.51.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036681800

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