Silver Lake Fen State Preserve
Silver Lake Fen State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 458 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Lake Complex, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 458 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Lake Complex: 1.4 mi
- Trappers Bay State Park: 2.0 mi
- Dugout Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Snyder Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Yager Slough WPA: 4.5 mi
- Silver Lake Park: 2.2 mi
- Harris-Lake Park Elementary Playground: 2.5 mi
- Fairview Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Twin Forks Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Raebels Beach: 9.5 mi
- Estherville Beach: 9.5 mi
- Egralharve Beach: 9.6 mi
- Brownells Beach: 9.7 mi
- Pike's Point Beach: 10.2 mi
- Higgins Museum: 12.2 mi
- Clark Museum of Area History: 12.3 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 12.6 mi
- Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum: 12.6 mi
- Iowa Rock N Roll Museum: 12.6 mi
- Bike Monument: 10.4 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 12.4 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 15.0 mi
- O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 22.7 mi
- Jackson County Highest Point: 7.4 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 8.1 mi
- Hawkeye Point: 17.3 mi
- Worthington Welcome Center: 16.9 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 19.7 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 22.3 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 12.6 mi
- Getting's Garden: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Lake Fen State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkeye Point | W 275° | 509 m | 17.3 mi |
| Ocheyedan Mound | WSW 253° | 490 m | 8.1 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | NW 324° | 480.3 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:23 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:02 | 16:49 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 46 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Park, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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