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People's Garden

People's Garden from directly overhead

People's Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. The nearest named place is Lincoln Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 65 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
People's Community Health Clinic
Access
Permitted
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49773, -92.32826

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wiggly Field Dog Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Park: 0.5 mi
  • RiverLoop: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Castle Bluff Park: 3.2 mi
  • Greenbelt Lake: 3.4 mi
  • Casebeer Heights Access: 4.2 mi
  • Robinson Bird Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
  • Katoski Greenbelt: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Awaati Battle: 4.1 mi
  • Eeki Eeki Escape: 4.1 mi
  • Akua Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Skyborne: 4.1 mi
  • Wakani Whirl: 4.1 mi
Museums: 22
Gardens: 9
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 2
  • Statue Of Liberty Replica: 0.5 mi
  • Dancing St. Francis: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • 325th Street: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4519:22
June solstice05:3320:0820:51
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3615:5416:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192437496272757265523725
Precip in1.11.12.04.04.65.74.34.23.12.81.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterloo Muni AP, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch7 obs
  • Canada Goose6 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel6 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx5 obs
  • American Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail4 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider4 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/915593936

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