Nature reserve · Iowa
Watson Heritage Area
Watson Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 365 m. The nearest named place is Brown-Robins Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 365 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.07986, -94.70745
- 29.4 mi off the Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks: 60
- Brown-Robins Park: 2.1 mi
- Harrison Park: 2.4 mi
- Harland Park: 3.0 mi
- Sewell Park: 3.5 mi
- Five Island Lake City Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Bluestem Meadow Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Whitetail Flats Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- Basswood County Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Brushy Bayou Wildlife Area: 4.1 mi
- Burns Prairie: 4.3 mi
Museums: 20
- House of Dolls Museum: 2.6 mi
- Victorian Museum on Main: 2.8 mi
- Palo Alto County Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 7.9 mi
- Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 5
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 3.4 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 15.4 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Lone Rock: 21.4 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Robert Emmet Statue: 2.6 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 23.1 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 2
- Kossuth Lajos: 23.7 mi
- Pocahontas Statue: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rubens: 18.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
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 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmetsburg, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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