Nature reserve · Iowa

West Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area

West Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

West Salt Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. The nearest named place is Salt Creek Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.98875, -92.39157

2.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
4.7 mi off the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway
79.0 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

115 named places within 25 miles

Parks59

Elberon Park: 3.9 mi
Duffus Landing: 5.2 mi
Long Point Landing: 5.6 mi
Clutier Park: 6.1 mi
Otter Creek Lake & Park: 7.7 mi

Nature reserves46

Salt Creek Wildlife Area: 2.4 mi
Iowa River Corridor WMA - Otter Creek Marsh: 4.1 mi
Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
Iowa River Corridor Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Iowa River Natural Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi

Museums9

Belle Plaine Area Museum: 8.8 mi
Tama County Historical Museum: 9.6 mi
Iowa County Historical Society: 21.5 mi
Vinton Railroad Depot and Museum: 22.5 mi
Grinnell Historical Museum: 23.9 mi

Cliffs1

East Bluff: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:45	19:22
June solstice	05:35	20:07	20:49
September equinox	06:58	18:32	19:09
December solstice	07:35	15:57	16:42

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	19	24	36	49	60	70	73	71	64	51	37	25
Precip in	1.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	4.4	5.2	4.1	4.1	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belle Plaine, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/914454347

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