Nature reserve · Iowa

Thelman Wildlife Area

Thelman Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Thelman Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 328 m. Corn Hill stands 364 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gouldsburg County Park, a park 4.5 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 328 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.97390, -92.03299

11.1 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
24.7 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Gouldsburg County Park: 4.5 mi
Hauth Park: 5.0 mi
City Park: 8.3 mi
Brad Niewoehner Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
Railroad Park: 8.6 mi

Nature reserves41

Fredericksburg Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
Wilson Grove Wildlife Area: 7.5 mi
North Woods Park: 7.8 mi
Brooks/Lease Prairie: 10.2 mi
Chipera Prairie: 10.9 mi

Museums9

German American Museum, Library and Family History Center: 8.2 mi
Fayette County Historical Museum;Fayette County Historical Library: 11.5 mi
Jackson Number Twelve School Museum: 13.5 mi
Carnegie Culture Center: 15.3 mi
Bily Clocks Museum: 16.3 mi

Ghost towns3

Donnan: 9.5 mi
Conover: 18.1 mi
Siegel: 19.2 mi

Peaks2

Corn Hill: 19.0 mi
Bear Hill: 22.1 mi

Historic sites2

Abraham Lincoln Statue: 19.3 mi
Wadena Veteran's Memorial: 21.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Corn Hill	SE 128°	364 m	19.0 mi
Bear Hill	SE 133°	360 m	22.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:43	19:21
June solstice	05:30	20:08	20:51
September equinox	06:56	18:30	19:07
December solstice	07:37	15:51	16:37

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	45	57	67	71	68	61	48	34	22
Precip in	1.2	1.2	2.1	4.1	5.0	5.9	5.3	4.1	3.9	2.9	2.1	1.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fayette, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/970373498

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