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Schrader Wildlife Management Area

Schrader Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Schrader Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 435 m. Mount Moses stands 409 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Vail Park, a park 4.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
435 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11873, -95.17463

100 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 47
  • Vail Park: 4.1 mi
  • Hoffman Park: 5.0 mi
  • Arcadia Ball Field: 7.5 mi
  • Yellow Smoke Park: 9.7 mi
  • Johnson Park: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves: 31
  • Newcom Dale Riggleman Natural Resource Area: 5.9 mi
  • Otter Creek Nature Area: 8.0 mi
  • Hazelbrush Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
  • Sac County Waterfowl Production Area: 12.4 mi
  • West Botna Park: 12.5 mi
Museums: 10
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Grotto: 22.0 mi
  • Memorial Statue: 23.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Moses: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Heritage Rose Garden: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MosesE 98°409 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:33
June solstice05:4620:1821:01
September equinox07:0918:4319:20
December solstice07:4716:0716:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335475969737163503624
Precip in0.71.01.93.44.64.94.14.43.32.61.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denison, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036041287

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