Garden · Iowa
The Garden
The Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. The nearest named place is Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2021
How to reach it
Coordinates41.59770, -93.55034
- 29.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 126.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm: 0.0 mi
- Ye Old Mill: 0.1 mi
- Butter Cow: 0.2 mi
- Snakes Alive: 0.3 mi
- Giant Slide: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Raun Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Walnut Square: 0.3 mi
- Laurel Hill Park: 0.5 mi
- Easton Basin Park: 1.1 mi
- Copper Creek Lake Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- Straw Sculpture: 0.3 mi
- Cow and Calf Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Prairie Song: 2.5 mi
- Five Stones - One Tree: 2.6 mi
- Pioneer Statuary Group: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Strasser Woods State Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Des Moines River Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Four Mile Creek Greenbelt: 3.5 mi
- Eagle Ridge Park: 4.4 mi
- Loupee Park: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 59
- Site of Camp Burnside 1862: 2.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.5 mi
- WWII Memorial Plaza: 2.6 mi
- Liberty Bell: 2.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.7 mi
Museums: 22
- County School: 0.1 mi
- Ralph H. Deets Historical Museum: 0.2 mi
- Richard L. Easter Museum Complex: 0.2 mi
- Halls of Law and Flame: 0.2 mi
- Richard O. Jacobson Hall & Kenyon Gallery: 0.2 mi
Gardens: 21
- Discovery Garden: 0.2 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fallen Officer Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Mondamin Glen: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 3.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DES Moines Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- American Toad16 obs
- White-tailed Deer13 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee12 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom11 obs
- Monarch10 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee9 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel8 obs
- Dutchman's breeches8 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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