Forest Park Museum
Forest Park Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 293 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wiese Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
museum and arboretum near Perry, Iowa
Wikidata Q5469066, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 293 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wiese Park: 1.2 mi
- Pattee Park: 1.3 mi
- Caboose Park: 1.3 mi
- Perkins Park: 1.8 mi
- Big Chief Roadside Park: 2.6 mi
- Fazel Wildlife Area: 2.5 mi
- North Raccoon River Wildlife Area - Snyder Tract: 6.5 mi
- Crellin Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi
- Wagner Prairie: 10.0 mi
- Rippey State Access Area: 10.6 mi
- South Entrance Monument: 12.4 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Bluestem: 13.8 mi
- Eternal Flame: 14.0 mi
- Dragon Head Sculpture: 19.9 mi
- Pole Position Raceway: 18.9 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 19.4 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 19.4 mi
- 1700 Bark Lodge: 21.1 mi
- 1700 Chibóthraje: 21.1 mi
- Municipal Band Shell: 1.4 mi
- Aborted Babies Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Old Bagley School: 17.6 mi
- Dexfield Park - Bonnie and Clyde Shootout: 19.7 mi
- Madrid Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
- Adel Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Battin Chapel: 15.5 mi
- Hickory Grove School Museum: 15.5 mi
- Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 15.6 mi
- Brenton Arboretum: 12.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 14.0 mi
- Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden: 22.5 mi
- Urbandale Butterfly Garden: 22.7 mi
- Charles Gabus Memorial Tree Park and Gardens: 22.7 mi
- Pilot Mound: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Park Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | N 10° | 362.7 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:13 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
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 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perry, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367089548
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