Nature reserve · Iowa
Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area
Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. The nearest named place is Pike Run Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Muscatine County Conservation Board
How to reach it
Coordinates41.50306, -91.16580
- 8.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 26.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fuller Park: 6.1 mi
- Discovery Park: 6.4 mi
- Wapsie Park: 6.5 mi
- Jack Shuger Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
- Friendship Park: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 58
- Pike Run Wildlife Area: 2.4 mi
- Shield Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Wiese Slough State Game Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Red Cedar Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Pecan Grove Reserve: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 21
- P.T. Smith House: 14.8 mi
- Presidential Library Association: 14.8 mi
- House of the Maples: 14.8 mi
- Friends Meetinghouse: 14.8 mi
- Statue of Isis: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 20
- Tree of Life: 18.7 mi
- Metal Monarch: 18.7 mi
- Metal Flower: 18.7 mi
- Man on a Bench: 20.2 mi
- Visionary Stone: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 13
- United States Armed Forces Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Rock Island Caboose: 7.1 mi
- Mark Twain Overlook: 8.6 mi
- William Maxon's Home Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Benjamin Nye Memorial: 13.9 mi
Museums: 11
- Pearl Bottom Museum: 8.4 mi
- Lone Tree Historical Society: 13.5 mi
- Presidential Library and Museum: 14.8 mi
- West Branch Heritage Museum: 15.0 mi
- Voyage Home Riverside History Center: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- I-80 EB (trucks only): 10.6 mi
- I-80 WB (trucks only): 10.7 mi
- I-80 EB: 11.1 mi
- I-80 WB: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- East Picnic Shelter: 14.9 mi
- Boy Scout Picnic Shelter: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 2
- Monarch Garden: 18.7 mi
- Cremation Garden: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 2
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 22.1 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Midway: 16.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muscatine 2N, 7 mi away.
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