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Swalve Wildlife Management Area

Swalve Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Swalve Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 469 m. Hawkeye Point stands 509 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Schnepf Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
469 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.41196, -95.57800

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Keller Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
  • Ocheyedan Town Park: 2.0 mi
  • Ocheyadan Y Rest Area: 2.6 mi
  • Sharbondy Park: 3.4 mi
  • Robinson Park: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 41
Museums: 16
  • McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House: 8.3 mi
  • Lynn Township No. 5 Historical Building: 20.4 mi
  • Lynn Township No. 5 Historical Building: 20.4 mi
  • Prairie School Historical Building: 20.4 mi
  • Prairie School No. 1 Historical Building: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 2.9 mi
  • Hawkeye Point: 7.4 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 9.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Getting's Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 11.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swalve Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawkeye PointWNW 297°509 m7.4 mi
Ocheyedan MoundESE 103°490 m2.9 mi
Jackson County Highest PointNE 39°480.3 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:35
June solstice05:4220:2421:07
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5316:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483220
Precip in0.70.81.63.24.14.93.33.63.32.31.41.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sibley, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1034888089

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