Nature reserve · Iowa

Big Rock City Park

Elevation: 237 m
Nearest byway: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway39.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:50local time
Coordinates: 41.4241, -92.9312

Big Rock City Park from directly overhead

Big Rock City Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded 237 m. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 39 miles off.

The record

Elevation: 237 m

On the road

39.0 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage BywayNational
93.4 mi off the Great River RoadNational

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Nature reserves45

Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 3.5 mi
Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 4.4 mi
Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 5.3 mi
Lake Red Rock - Lake Red Rock Project: 5.5 mi
Red Rock Reservoir: 6.3 mi

Historic sites14

Pella 155mm Howitzer: 1.4 mi
Tulip Toren: 1.4 mi
Civil War Monument: 1.4 mi
American Legion Dedication Wall: 11.1 mi
American Legion Dedication Wall: 11.1 mi

Museums13

Scholte House Museum & Gardens: 1.3 mi
Pella Historical Village & Vermeer Windmill: 1.5 mi
Fire Station Museum: 1.5 mi
Rolscreen Museum: 1.9 mi
Vermeer Museum and Global Pavilion: 3.3 mi

Gardens4

Scholte Museum Gardens: 1.3 mi
Central College Garden: 1.6 mi
Sully Community Garden: 11.6 mi
Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 19.8 mi

Attractions2

Klokkenspel: 1.5 mi
Vermeer Windmill: 1.5 mi

Ghost towns1

Buxton Historic Townsite: 19.2 mi

Beaches1

Rock Creek Beach: 22.4 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:16	18:48	19:24
June solstice	05:39	20:08	20:50
September equinox	07:00	18:34	19:11
December solstice	07:35	16:01	16:46

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	21	26	38	50	61	71	75	73	65	53	39	27
Precip in	1.1	1.7	1.9	3.8	5.0	5.6	4.3	3.9	3.7	3.1	1.8	1.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville, 11 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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