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Four Mile Creek Greenbelt

Four Mile Creek Greenbelt from directly overhead

Four Mile Creek Greenbelt is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. The nearest named place is Bellagio Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Ankeny

How to reach it

Coordinates41.77230, -93.58320

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bellagio Park: 0.2 mi
  • Otter Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Renaissance Park: 0.9 mi
  • Briarwood South Park: 1.5 mi
  • Georgetown Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Shelly Dunham Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Eric Jacobs Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Ankeny Veteran's Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Fallen Soldier Memorial Plaza: 5.6 mi
  • M60: 8.2 mi
Artworks
  • Joy: 3.9 mi
  • Wooden carved bear: 4.8 mi
  • Flying Home: 9.2 mi
  • Hawkeye Estates Herky Statue: 9.6 mi
  • Green Meadows Lion: 10.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 43
  • Ankeny Garden of Hope and Dreams: 5.0 mi
  • Enabling Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Mondamin Glen: 11.8 mi
  • Porter Dimery Memorial Garden: 12.0 mi
  • The Garden: 12.2 mi
Museums: 23
  • Ankeny Historical Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Ankeny Art Center: 3.8 mi
  • Big Creek Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Iowa Gold Star Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Johnston Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Easter Lake Beach: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hertz Family Falls: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:4020:1120:53
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3916:0216:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212537506171757365523826
Precip in1.01.02.04.05.35.44.24.73.62.71.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ankeny, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82485910

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