Nature reserve · Iowa

Wapsi Junction Park

Wapsi Junction Park from directly overhead

Wapsi Junction Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 318 m. The nearest named place is Stoltz Addition Park, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 60 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 318 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.98661, -92.37434

59.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
28.3 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Stoltz Addition Park: 3.3 mi
Wendt's Woods: 4.9 mi
Nelson Wildlife Area: 5.8 mi
Schroeder, Herman and Hilda Preserve: 6.5 mi
Jenn Timber Park: 6.7 mi

Parks

Sheakley Park: 5.4 mi
Garnant Park: 5.7 mi
Stoltz Park: 5.9 mi
Runion Park: 5.9 mi
Mikkelson Park: 6.2 mi

Museums9

Carnegie Culture Center: 5.9 mi
Chickasaw County Museum: 7.9 mi
Jackson Number Twelve School Museum: 12.4 mi
Floyd County Historical Society Museum: 16.3 mi
Floyd County Museum: 16.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Siegel: 10.9 mi

Artworks1

Dancing St. Francis: 18.7 mi

Historic sites1

Butler County Freedom Rock: 22.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:44	19:22
June solstice	05:31	20:10	20:53
September equinox	06:57	18:31	19:09
December solstice	07:38	15:52	16:38

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	14	19	32	45	57	68	71	68	61	48	33	21
Precip in	1.3	1.4	2.3	4.2	4.9	6.6	5.0	4.6	3.8	2.7	2.1	1.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Hampton, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/912964751

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