Park · Iowa

Lake Rathbun Area - Island View

Elevation: 276 m
Nearest byway: Great River Road79.4 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:47local time
Coordinates: 40.8322, -92.9130

Lake Rathbun Area - Island View from directly overhead

Lake Rathbun Area - Island View is a park in Iowa, at a recorded 276 m. The nearest named place is Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 79 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

Elevation: 276 m

On the road

79.4 mi off the Great River RoadNational
14.9 mi off the Historic Hills Scenic Byway

Around it

113 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves53

Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area: 0.8 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area: 1.5 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Refuge Area: 2.3 mi
Lake Rathbun Area: 2.5 mi
Rathbun Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi

Parks42

Lake Rathbun Area - Buck Creek East: 1.9 mi
Prairie Ridge Park: 2.1 mi
Honey Creek State Park: 2.2 mi
Lake Rathbun Area - Buck Creek East: 2.3 mi
Outlet Park: 2.5 mi

Museums11

Moravia Wabash Depot Museum: 6.2 mi
Appanoose County Museum and Old Jail: 6.9 mi
Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 7.2 mi
Appanoose Historical and Coal Mining Museum: 7.2 mi
Monroe County Historical Museum: 14.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Howland: 20.7 mi
Buxton Historic Townsite: 23.0 mi
Dudley: 24.3 mi

Attractions1

Bessie's Barn: 7.5 mi

Artworks1

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W: 12.5 mi

Historic sites1

Gone West Memorial: 19.9 mi

Rest areas1

West Gate Rest Area: 24.6 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:48	19:24
June solstice	05:41	20:06	20:47
September equinox	07:00	18:34	19:11
December solstice	07:33	16:04	16:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	22	26	39	50	61	71	75	74	65	53	40	28
Precip in	1.1	1.5	2.0	3.9	5.4	5.2	4.6	4.6	3.8	2.9	2.0	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rathbun DAM, 1 mi away.

Sources

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