Van Laningham County Wildlife Area
Van Laningham County Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 324 m. Corn Hill stands 364 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Patton Prairie, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Patton Prairie: 1.4 mi
- Quigley-Slattery Heritage Prairie: 4.3 mi
- Jakway Forest County Park: 4.6 mi
- Swartz Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Bryantsburg Area: 6.9 mi
- Buffalo Creek County Park: 5.8 mi
- Independence Skate Park: 6.6 mi
- Lion's Club Park: 6.8 mi
- 4th Ward Park: 6.9 mi
- Water Tower Park: 6.9 mi
- Heatland Acres Exhibition Center: 9.3 mi
- Oelwein Area Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- Hub City Heritage Railway Museum: 12.0 mi
- Red Barn Model Railroad Museum: 13.5 mi
- Wilder Memorial Museum: 16.2 mi
- Wolf Hill: 13.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 15.5 mi
- Corn Hill: 18.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 20.4 mi
- Richardson-Jakway House: 4.6 mi
- Iowa's Largest Frying Pan: 19.0 mi
- Manchester Fish Hatchery: 20.3 mi
- Backbone Fish Hatchery (ruins): 13.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Wadena Veteran's Memorial: 22.0 mi
- 325th Street: 20.0 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Richmond Spring: 13.5 mi
- World's Largest Strawberry: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Van Laningham County Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn Hill | N 7° | 364 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNE 13° | 360 m | 15.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | ENE 74° | 339 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNE 33° | 329 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence #1, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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