Wild Goose Marsh
Wild Goose Marsh is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 374 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuhn Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 104 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 374 m
How to reach it
- 103.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuhn Wildlife Area: 1.6 mi
- Haugen Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Teal Basins Waterfowl Production Area: 2.5 mi
- Winnebago Oxbow: 3.0 mi
- Torkelson Pits Wildlife Area: 3.4 mi
- Armour Pugh Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- West Lake Park: 4.3 mi
- Clear Lake Access: 4.3 mi
- Ventura City Park: 4.5 mi
- Country Club Hights Park: 4.6 mi
- Clear Lake Fire Museum: 5.8 mi
- Kinney Pioneer Museum: 7.3 mi
- Mansion Museum: 10.0 mi
- Holtan Farm Museum: 11.3 mi
- Lime Creek Nature Center: 14.1 mi
- Three Stars Monument: 5.3 mi
- National Register of Historic Places: 5.3 mi
- Buddy Holly Glasses: 5.4 mi
- World Trade Center Steel Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 9.0 mi
- Farmers Beach: 5.5 mi
- Dodges Beach: 5.6 mi
- City Beach: 5.8 mi
- Clear Lake State Park Beach: 6.6 mi
- Buddy Holly Crash Site: 5.1 mi
- Harmony in Light: 13.9 mi
- The Music Man Square: 14.0 mi
- Rancho Deluxe: 14.3 mi
- Central Gardens of North Iowa: 5.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.0 mi
- Iowa Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Spring of Winnebago River: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wild Goose Marsh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | NW 317° | 443 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:56 | 16:42 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason City Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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