Garden · Iowa
Arboretum
Arboretum is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 343 m. The nearest named place is Brubaker-Hoelscher City Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 116 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates42.30168, -93.29239
- 115.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Brubaker-Hoelscher City Park: 0.2 mi
- Logsdon Park: 6.0 mi
- Reece Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 6.4 mi
- Radcliffe City Park: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Hubbard Prairie: 1.5 mi
- Meier Wildlife Refuge: 2.0 mi
- Hubbard Prairie: 3.5 mi
- McCoy School House: 3.8 mi
- Zeisman Wildlife Area: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 18
- Eldora Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Erickson Park Monument: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Ackley Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 21.2 mi
Museums: 9
- Radcliffe Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Hardin County Farm Museum: 11.0 mi
- Hardin County Farm Museum Grounds: 11.0 mi
- Eldora Welcome Center & Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- City of Roland Museum: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 7
- Civil War Statue: 10.7 mi
- Inuksuk: 23.5 mi
- Dire Enticement: 24.6 mi
- Bird: 24.8 mi
- Jester: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
- Eldora Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Kiwanis Butterfly Garden: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 1
- Pine Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Steamboat Rock: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 1
- Story City Carousel: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Kiwanis Shelter: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hertz Family Falls: 22.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:59 | 16:44 |
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 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eldora, 11 mi away.
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant1 obs
- butterfly milkweed1 obs
- Red Clover1 obs
- common soapwort1 obs
- Bulbous Bluegrass1 obs
- hoary vervain1 obs
- Smooth Brome1 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.
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