Nature reserve · Iowa

Whitetail Ridge

Whitetail Ridge from directly overhead

Whitetail Ridge is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 370 m. The nearest named place is Coopers Cove County Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 370 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.61972, -94.45690

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Coopers Cove County Park: 0.5 mi
Wiegert Prairie Farmstead: 5.9 mi
Manson Fairground Park: 6.9 mi
Panther Park: 7.3 mi
Veterans Memorial Park: 7.3 mi

Nature reserves

Birke Wildlife Area: 2.1 mi
Lizard Lake: 4.1 mi
Post Prairie and Wetland: 4.3 mi
Lizard Lake Access: 4.5 mi
Toben Wildlife Preserve: 4.9 mi

Museums11

Poduska Farm: 13.4 mi
Humboldt County Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
Fleege Farm: 15.9 mi
The Fort Museum and Frontier Village: 15.9 mi
Blanden Memorial Art Museum: 16.0 mi

Attractions4

Webster County Fairgrounds: 17.2 mi
Grotto of the Redemption: 23.8 mi
Boneyard Hollow: 24.6 mi
Copperas Beds: 24.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Unique: 8.8 mi
Rubens: 16.8 mi

Artworks2

Pocahontas Statue: 12.9 mi
Freedom Rock: 15.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:53	19:30
June solstice	05:41	20:17	21:00
September equinox	07:06	18:40	19:17
December solstice	07:45	16:02	16:48

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	17	21	34	47	60	70	73	71	63	50	35	22
Precip in	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	4.6	4.7	4.0	4.3	2.6	2.3	1.6	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pocahontas, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036008003

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