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Inis Grove Park Rock

Inis Grove Park Rock from directly overhead

Inis Grove Park Rock is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Inis Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

The story

park in Story County, Iowa, United States of America

Wikidata Q31816897, matched on coordinates and name (174 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Inis Grove Park Presented to the Ames Park Commission January 15, 1949 by Walter S. Grove in memory of his wife Inis Grove With a stipulation that a small area at the north end be continued as a camp fire girls camp site.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04808, -93.61101

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites: 51
Gardens: 23
  • Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Penkhus Campanile Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Jones Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Buck Rose Collection: 2.9 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 9
  • Elwood the Gnome: 3.0 mi
  • Story City Carousel: 9.7 mi
  • Goat Pen: 13.4 mi
  • Turkey Pen: 13.4 mi
  • Chickens: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pilot Mound: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Inis Grove Park Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot MoundWNW 290°362.7 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:4020:1220:54
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4016:0116:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202437496171737163513725
Precip in0.60.81.93.95.25.24.44.93.32.81.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2952505047

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