Enabling Garden
Enabling Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the south-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Vander Veer Conservatory, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 1.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oculus · 4 mi
- Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook · 5 mi
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marian Grotto: 0.5 mi
- Junge Park: 0.6 mi
- Tyler Park: 0.7 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.7 mi
- Glen Armil Park: 0.7 mi
- City Line Ravine: 4.7 mi
- Thirty-First Avenue Park: 4.7 mi
- Crow Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Beaver Island: 5.4 mi
- Indian Island: 5.4 mi
- German American Heritage Center & Museum: 1.7 mi
- Hose Station No. 4: 1.9 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 2.4 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 2.6 mi
- Fryxell Geology Museum: 3.2 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.0 mi
- Irish Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Dillon Memorial Fountain: 1.7 mi
- Camp McClellan: 2.0 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 2.1 mi
- Vander Veer Conservatory: 0.0 mi
- All-America Selections Annual Display Garden: 0.0 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Hosta Glade: 0.1 mi
- Old World Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Vander Veer Botanical Park: 0.1 mi
- Helium Trampoline Park: 7.3 mi
- Rock Island County State Fair Grounds: 8.5 mi
- Antique Archaeology: 12.4 mi
- Scott County Freedom Rock: 12.5 mi
- Curved Spire: 1.6 mi
- Octagon Pistols: 1.7 mi
- Lady Of Germania: 1.7 mi
- Sculpture Park: 2.0 mi
- "Bling" Rocky Statue: 4.8 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 5.6 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 5.7 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 6.1 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 10.0 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 10.8 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Duck Creek Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- KrisdalaBaka Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Enabling Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | SSW 207° | 203 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
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 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Island L&D 15, 2 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee96 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee76 obs
- Monarch54 obs
- Western Honey Bee48 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee37 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle33 obs
- Black Swallowtail27 obs
- Small White26 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/554770485
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