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Setchell Area

Setchell Area from directly overhead

Setchell Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Fort Sumter Rock stands 306 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Leverton Timber, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 102 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hardin CCB

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45346, -93.07297

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • John Gruis Park: 1.9 mi
  • John Gruis Park: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Ridge Area County Park: 2.5 mi
  • Steamboat Rock City Park: 3.1 mi
  • Washington Square Park: 3.2 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 4
  • Eldora Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
  • Dumont Area Veterans Memorial: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Pine Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Fort Sumter Rock: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort Sumter RockNNE 27°306 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:25
June solstice05:3620:1120:54
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3915:5716:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172234475969737063503523
Precip in1.11.22.14.05.25.94.14.53.62.81.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eldora, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/79401243

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