Site Details

Elk Grove WMA - Guthrie County

GPS Coordinates: 41.7533854362746, -94.7000885009766

Management: State

Description: 1,600 acre timber with four parking lots. Downloadable map at: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDEQFjABahUKEwj-nNud5qvHAhWBD5IKHWjKAUA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iowadnr.gov%2Fportals%2Fidnr%2Fuploads%2Fwildlife%2Fwmamaps%2Felk_grove.pdf%3Famp%3Btabid%3D1221&ei=yI_PVf6YJYGfyATolIeABA&usg=AFQjCNF8RvPdDD3OoTS_ZeTir1N2MgJphA&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw

Habitat: Mostly timber, with four small ponds.

Directions: In northwest Guthrie Co. Northwest of Guthrie Center, follow F-32, seen on the Iowa highway map, six miles west from N-70 to Dogwood Ave. There is a parking area just north at Dogwood's first bend right, and also farther along Dogwood, about a mile north of its bend left. Finally, continue north on Dogwood to 165th St., and turn west 1.5 miles to a parking spot with a lane leading into the area.

Website: http://www.guthriecounty.org/gccb/index_files/parks.htm

Important Bird Area: IBA Entry for Elk Grove WMA