Twin Bridges Park and Wildlife Area
Twin Bridges Park and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 285 m. Sherrill Mound stands 374 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain Springs Creek Park, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. River Bluffs Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 285 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.4 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Crows Nest · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Colesburg City Park: 4.3 mi
- Colesburg Roadside Park: 4.8 mi
- Edgewood City Park: 6.0 mi
- Conrad Park: 10.3 mi
- New Vienna City Park: 10.5 mi
- Fountain Springs Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Cow Branch Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Pine Creek (Clayton) Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge - Pine Creek Unit: 3.8 mi
- Bixby State Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Ecology Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Plagmans Barn Museum: 8.0 mi
- Heritage House Museum: 10.4 mi
- Red Barn Model Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Wilder Memorial Museum: 13.2 mi
- Wolf Hill: 13.0 mi
- Chicken Ridge: 14.9 mi
- Hefel Ridge: 15.9 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 16.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 17.5 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 11.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins): 13.9 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Elkport: 7.7 mi
- York: 7.9 mi
- Littleport: 9.5 mi
- Hartwick: 15.5 mi
- Manchester Fish Hatchery: 12.8 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 14.4 mi
- Field of Dreams: 15.0 mi
- Richardson-Jakway House: 22.6 mi
- Richmond Spring: 13.7 mi
- Big Spring: 15.3 mi
- Waterfalls: 2.8 mi
- World's Largest Strawberry: 13.1 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Bridges Park and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrill Mound | E 94° | 374 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 292° | 360 m | 23.4 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | NNW 329° | 355 m | 14.9 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | E 88° | 355 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wolf Hill | WSW 257° | 339 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 307° | 329 m | 17.5 mi |
| Hefel Ridge | ENE 78° | 281 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | E 87° | 241 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkader 6 SSW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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