Nature reserve · Iowa

Schwob Marsh State Game Management Area

Schwob Marsh State Game Management Area from directly overhead

Schwob Marsh State Game Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 347 m. The nearest named place is Pintail Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 111 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 347 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.31921, -94.12036

111.3 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Pintail Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
Mallard Waterfowl Production Area: 5.2 mi
Michaelson Marsh: 5.2 mi
Bluestem Waterfowl Production Area: 6.1 mi
Bobolink Waterfowl Production Area: 7.6 mi

Parks31

Copp Prairie Waterfowl Production Area: 3.4 mi
Gruis Park: 7.0 mi
South Park: 9.7 mi
Post Office Park: 10.0 mi
Lions Park: 10.1 mi

Museums11

Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
Lone Rock Historical Depot & Museum: 12.5 mi
Kossuth County Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
Camp Algona POW Museum: 18.3 mi
Armstrong Heritage Museum: 18.9 mi

Ghost towns4

Plum Creek: 15.0 mi
Sexton: 16.4 mi
Homedahl: 18.7 mi
Clayton: 22.9 mi

Historic sites3

MIA-POW Display: 6.8 mi
World's Largest Bullhead: 17.8 mi
Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 22.3 mi

Artworks2

Kossuth Lajos: 18.3 mi
Jolly Green Giant: 22.9 mi

Attractions1

Lone Rock: 12.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:51	19:29
June solstice	05:37	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:04	18:38	19:16
December solstice	07:46	15:58	16:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	13	18	31	44	57	67	70	68	60	47	32	19
Precip in	0.9	0.9	1.8	3.4	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.1	3.2	2.5	1.5	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swea City 5N, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1039218113

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