- Elevation, modelled
- 265 m
- Nearest byway
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway27.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:53local time
- Coordinates
- 41.6261, -93.7387
Urbandale Butterfly Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled 265 m. The nearest named place is Walker Johnston Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 28 miles off.
- 27.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage BywayNational
- 136.5 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 29.9 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Walker Johnston Park: 0.0 mi
- Colby Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- North Karen Acres Park: 0.6 mi
- Jackaline Baldwin Dunlap Park and Arboretum: 0.7 mi
- Coronado Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Circle of Fun: 0.0 mi
- Strata: 0.1 mi
- Talking Times: 0.1 mi
- Across Currents: 0.1 mi
- Summer Fun: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Sunflower Park: 0.4 mi
- Colby Woods: 0.6 mi
- Glen Eagles Park: 1.5 mi
- Northview Wetlands: 2.5 mi
- Cummins Woods: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Clive Caboose: 1.4 mi
- Church of the Land: 1.6 mi
- Heck Vet Clinic: 1.8 mi
- Matthias’s Blacksmith Shop: 1.8 mi
- Flynn Barn: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Urbandale Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Character Counts Pillars: 0.2 mi
- George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace: 4.1 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 4.2 mi
- Salisbury House: 4.7 mi
Museums: 23
- Johnston Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Bennett School: 4.7 mi
- Iowa Gold Star Museum: 5.5 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 6.5 mi
- Science Center of Iowa: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 22
- Charles Gabus Memorial Tree Park and Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
- Franklin Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Wildflower Scattering Garden: 2.7 mi
- Faith & Grace Garden: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 10.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:04 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DES Moines Wsfo-johnston, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel74 obs
- White-tailed Deer51 obs
- Downy Woodpecker43 obs
- Northern Cardinal42 obs
- Canada Goose26 obs
- American Robin26 obs
- Eastern Cottontail22 obs
- European Starling21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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