Garden · Iowa
Community Garden at ARC
Community Garden at ARC is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 433 m. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- American Reformed Church
How to reach it
Coordinates43.00265, -96.05545
- 27.9 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 30.0 mi off the Old O'Brien Glacial Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Jaycee Park: 0.2 mi
- Windmill Square: 0.4 mi
- Tulip Beds: 0.4 mi
- East Park: 0.5 mi
- Puddle Jumper View Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 28
- Stoll Wildlife Area: 3.0 mi
- Floyd River Wildlife Complex B: 3.1 mi
- Nassau Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
- Vande Weerd Public Area: 5.7 mi
- Floyd River Wildlife Complex C: 5.8 mi
Museums: 10
- Plymouth County Museum: 15.8 mi
- Sheldon Prairie Museum: 15.9 mi
- Prairie Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
- Prairie Arts Historical Park: 16.7 mi
- Floyd Township School No. 8 Historical Building: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Orange City Area Veteran's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Sioux Center Area Veterans Memorial: 7.9 mi
- O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 23.8 mi
- Lyon County Freedom Rock: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 3
- Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Kiddie Barn: 15.1 mi
- Calliope Village: 21.9 mi
Gardens: 2
- Greenhouse: 7.8 mi
- Getting's Garden: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- The Gift: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 1
- Sand Beach: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Lakewood: 24.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:24 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:07 | 16:53 |
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 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux CTR 2 SE, 6 mi away.
- common milkweed5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle3 obs
- prickly cucumber3 obs
- White-lined Sphinx3 obs
- Cecropia Moth3 obs
- Scissor Grinder3 obs
- Ring-necked Pheasant2 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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