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Rush Lake State Game Management Area

Rush Lake State Game Management Area from directly overhead

Rush Lake State Game Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 471 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocheyadan Y Rest Area, a park 1.3 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
471 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.43903, -95.50996

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 1.3 mi
  • Ocheyedan Town Park: 2.4 mi
  • Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
  • Keller Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
  • Sharbondy Park: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 47
Historic sites: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 2.6 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 6.5 mi
  • Hawkeye Point: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Getting's Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 11.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointW 278°509 m10.1 mi
Ocheyedan MoundSSW 193°490 m2.6 mi
Jackson County Highest PointNNE 26°480.3 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:34
June solstice05:4220:2321:07
September equinox07:1018:4419:21
December solstice07:5216:0316:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932465970747163493421
Precip in0.80.81.73.44.65.03.83.52.92.41.51.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036126197

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