Wittrock Indian Village State Preserve
Wittrock Indian Village State Preserve is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 385 m. Pilot Rock stands 366 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 385 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway
114 named places within 25 miles
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge: 0.1 mi
- McCormack Prairie: 1.2 mi
- Williams Wetland: 2.3 mi
- Weafe Wildlife Area: 2.3 mi
- Waterman Wildlife Addition: 3.0 mi
- Dog Creek County Park: 3.8 mi
- Covey Church Park: 6.9 mi
- Buena Vista County Park: 8.0 mi
- Martin Area County Park: 9.0 mi
- Linn Grove Dam Park: 10.9 mi
- Kirchner Park & Museum: 5.7 mi
- Kirchner Park & Museum: 5.7 mi
- Sioux Rapids Area Historical Association Museum: 15.2 mi
- Sanford Museum and Planetarium: 17.1 mi
- Tallman Museum: 17.1 mi
- O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 18.3 mi
- Pilot Rock: 20.7 mi
- Getting's Garden: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wittrock Indian Village State Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Rock | SSW 198° | 366 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:22 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:04 | 16:51 |
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 | 18 | 23 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Primghar, 13 mi away.
- Cut-leaf Ironplant3 obs
- Silver Wormwood2 obs
- White Four o'Clock2 obs
- Rock Pigeon1 obs
- Townsend's Solitaire1 obs
- common soapwort1 obs
- common motherwort1 obs
- sideoats grama1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000888OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/723261573
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