Garden · Iowa
Brenton Arboretum
Brenton Arboretum is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. The nearest named place is Silver-Smith Woods Fee, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates41.66185, -93.98879
- 25.5 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Silver-Smith Woods Fee: 2.1 mi
- North Raccoon River Wildlife Area - Wagner Tract: 2.2 mi
- Wagner Prairie: 2.7 mi
- Crellin Wildlife Refuge: 5.3 mi
- North Raccoon River Wildlife Area - Snyder Tract: 6.2 mi
Parks
- Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- Kinnick-Feller Riverside Park: 3.1 mi
- Adel Little League Ballfields: 3.1 mi
- Island Park: 3.2 mi
- Pedal Plaza: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Wounded: 11.6 mi
- Dragon Head Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Dragon Head Sculpture: 12.1 mi
- Green Meadows Lion: 12.6 mi
- Green Meadows Lion: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 56
- Character Counts Pillars: 13.0 mi
- Urbandale Veterans Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Municipal Band Shell: 13.5 mi
- Dexfield Park - Bonnie and Clyde Shootout: 14.4 mi
- M60: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 24
- Pole Position Raceway: 10.8 mi
- 1700 Bark Lodge: 11.1 mi
- 1700 Chibóthraje: 11.1 mi
- 1700 Tanning Rack: 11.1 mi
- 1700 Drying Rack: 11.1 mi
Museums: 22
- Adel Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Forest Park Museum: 12.4 mi
- Bennett School: 13.9 mi
- Iowa Gold Star Museum: 14.6 mi
- Johnston Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 20
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden: 12.9 mi
- Charles Gabus Memorial Tree Park and Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Urbandale Butterfly Garden: 13.1 mi
- Faith & Grace Garden: 13.9 mi
- Franklin Community Garden: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 23.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:05 | 16:49 |
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 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry, 14 mi away.
- pineapple-weed9 obs
- common milkweed8 obs
- rattlesnake master6 obs
- Western Honey Bee4 obs
- butterfly milkweed4 obs
- Carolina horsenettle4 obs
- flower-of-an-hour4 obs
- field penny-cress4 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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