Shield Prairie Wildlife Management Area
Shield Prairie Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Muscatine County Conservation Board
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 27.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fuller Park: 3.5 mi
- Discovery Park: 3.8 mi
- Longview Park: 4.6 mi
- Lucas Street Park: 4.7 mi
- Oak Park: 4.7 mi
- Saulsbury Bridge Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Pike Run Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Wiese Slough State Game Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Pecan Grove Reserve: 5.7 mi
- Red Cedar Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- P.T. Smith House: 17.4 mi
- Presidential Library Association: 17.4 mi
- House of the Maples: 17.4 mi
- Friends Meetinghouse: 17.4 mi
- Statue of Isis: 17.5 mi
- United States Armed Forces Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Mark Twain Overlook: 5.9 mi
- Rock Island Caboose: 9.8 mi
- Benjamin Nye Memorial: 11.6 mi
- William Maxon's Home Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Tree of Life: 18.7 mi
- Metal Monarch: 18.7 mi
- Metal Flower: 18.7 mi
- Man on a Bench: 22.9 mi
- Visionary Stone: 23.0 mi
- Pearl Bottom Museum: 5.7 mi
- Lone Tree Historical Society: 15.6 mi
- Presidential Library and Museum: 17.5 mi
- West Branch Heritage Museum: 17.6 mi
- lowa 80 Trucking Museum: 20.2 mi
- I-80 EB (trucks only): 11.5 mi
- I-80 WB (trucks only): 11.6 mi
- I-80 EB: 11.6 mi
- I-80 WB: 11.8 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 17.6 mi
- Boy Scout Picnic Shelter: 17.6 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 19.7 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 20.6 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 23.2 mi
- Monarch Garden: 18.7 mi
- Cremation Garden: 22.8 mi
- Midway: 18.9 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shield Prairie Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | E 97° | 203 m | 24.8 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 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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