Nature reserve · Iowa
Sportsman Recreation Area
Sportsman Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 369 m. The nearest named place is Cylinder City Park, a park 2.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 369 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.12325, -94.55115
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Duhigg Park: 5.2 mi
- Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Plantation Wildlife Area: 5.9 mi
- Robert Mulrony Recreation Wildlife Area: 7.5 mi
- West Fork Wildlife Area: 7.5 mi
Parks: 44
- Cylinder City Park: 2.3 mi
- Five Island Lake City Park: 5.8 mi
- Sewell Park: 6.1 mi
- Harland Park: 6.1 mi
- Brown-Robins Park: 6.6 mi
Museums: 15
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 2.4 mi
- Victorian Museum on Main: 6.2 mi
- Palo Alto County Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- House of Dolls Museum: 6.6 mi
- West Bend Historical Society Museum: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 5
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 5.6 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 12.2 mi
- Lone Rock: 13.1 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 14.9 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Robert Emmet Statue: 6.5 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 23.9 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Plum Creek: 17.9 mi
- Rubens: 21.3 mi
- Sexton: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 16.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:19 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:00 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmetsburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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