Student Services Plaza
Student Services Plaza is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Air Spiral, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Iowa State University. Student Services Plaza 2000. Funded by Classes of 1991 and 1996.
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 138.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Air Spiral: 0.0 mi
- Carom: 0.0 mi
- Jack Trice: 0.1 mi
- Solo: 0.1 mi
- Epilogue: 0.1 mi
- Anderson Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Central Campus: 0.2 mi
- Campustown Court: 0.3 mi
- Emma McCarthy Lee Park Access: 0.5 mi
- Seating Area: 0.5 mi
- Munn Woods: 1.1 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Ioway Creek Stormwater Wetland: 2.0 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 2.9 mi
- Ketelsen Greenwing Marsh: 4.5 mi
- Tau Beta Pi: 0.1 mi
- Gordon P. Eaton Hall: 0.1 mi
- Lake LaVerne Swans: 0.1 mi
- Archie A. and Nancy C. Martin Hall: 0.2 mi
- Lake LaVerne Restoration: 0.2 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
- Reiman Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Jones Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 1.2 mi
- Farm House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Ames History Museum: 2.0 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 12.0 mi
- City of Roland Museum: 12.4 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 1.2 mi
- Story City Carousel: 11.7 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 12.7 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 12.8 mi
- Goat Pen: 13.2 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 10.7 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 11.1 mi
- Pilot Mound: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Student Services Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 296° | 362.7 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:02 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11170711203
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