Trickle Slough Area
Trickle Slough Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 427 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Anglers Bay Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 427 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- McClelland Beach: 1.2 mi
- Hales Slough Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Refuge: 3.9 mi
- Kettleson Hogsback Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- McBreen Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Spirit Lake State Game Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Robertson County Park: 2.5 mi
- Brown Park: 2.8 mi
- Public Water Access: 3.1 mi
- Anderson Park: 3.4 mi
- Anglers Bay Beach: 0.4 mi
- Martha Yarns Memorial Beach: 0.7 mi
- Harlan Beach: 0.9 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 1.0 mi
- Maple Oak Beach: 2.4 mi
- Dickinson County Museum: 5.6 mi
- Higgins Museum: 8.8 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 9.8 mi
- Iowa Rock N Roll Museum: 9.8 mi
- Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum: 9.8 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 2.4 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 9.9 mi
- Bike Monument: 10.5 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Martin County Highest Point: 10.6 mi
- Holthe Overlook: 17.4 mi
- Jackson County Highest Point: 19.5 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 23.8 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 9.5 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 10.1 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 13.0 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 22.5 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trickle Slough Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocheyedan Mound | WSW 254° | 490 m | 23.8 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | W 275° | 480.3 m | 19.5 mi |
| Martin County Highest Point | E 86° | 429.8 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:22 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spirit Lake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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