Nature reserve · Iowa

Stinson Prairie State Park

Stinson Prairie State Park from directly overhead

Stinson Prairie State Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 370 m. The nearest named place is Siems Park, a park 3.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 370 m

Getting there

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Coordinates43.04691, -94.32890

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Wittemore Land: 4.2 mi
Smith Prairie Preserve: 4.9 mi
Smith Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
Plantation Wildlife Area: 6.5 mi
Riverdale Timber: 6.5 mi

Parks41

Siems Park: 3.6 mi
Ambrose A Call State Park: 4.2 mi
Blackford Park: 4.3 mi
Maple Park: 4.5 mi
Veterans Park: 5.0 mi

Museums10

Camp Algona POW Museum: 4.8 mi
Kossuth County Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
West Bend Historical Society Museum: 8.4 mi
Cylinder Heritage Museum: 11.6 mi
Lone Rock Historical Depot & Museum: 11.9 mi

Ghost towns4

Plum Creek: 7.9 mi
Sexton: 12.4 mi
Rubens: 22.1 mi
Unique: 22.8 mi

Attractions4

Grotto of the Redemption: 8.2 mi
Lone Rock: 11.9 mi
Lu Verne City Jail: 15.6 mi
Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 17.4 mi

Historic sites2

Robert Emmet Statue: 18.2 mi
MIA-POW Display: 19.8 mi

Artworks1

Kossuth Lajos: 4.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:21	18:52	19:30
June solstice	05:39	20:18	21:01
September equinox	07:05	18:39	19:16
December solstice	07:46	16:00	16:46

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	20	33	46	59	69	72	70	63	50	34	22
Precip in	0.9	1.0	1.9	3.4	4.7	5.5	4.1	4.3	3.3	2.4	1.5	1.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034900844

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