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Spring Creek Preserve

Spring Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Spring Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 341 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lime Creek Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 95 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
341 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.19537, -93.20363

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Lime Creek Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Winnebago Trail: 1.6 mi
  • North Carolina Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Evans Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • South Pennslyvania Bridge: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • Prairie Rock Trails Bike Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 2.2 mi
  • Monroe Park: 2.3 mi
  • 12th Street Kayak/Canoe Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Rud Park: 2.5 mi
Museums: 15
  • Lime Creek Nature Center: 1.0 mi
  • Charles H MacNider Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Manly Caboose Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Manly Junction Railroad Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Kinney Pioneer Museum: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Brewery: 1.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Rock Island Caboose: 6.1 mi
  • Buddy Holly Glasses: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Rancho Deluxe: 2.9 mi
  • The Music Man Square: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Central Gardens of North Iowa: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Knob: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Iowa Welcome Center: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobWNW 283°443 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3420:1320:57
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4215:5516:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162032465868726962493422
Precip in0.91.12.03.95.65.74.63.73.22.61.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/136743605

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