Nature reserve · Iowa
Walnut Woods State Park
Walnut Woods State Park is a nature reserve in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. The nearest named place is Scenic Valley Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 34 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 250 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.54038, -93.74258
- 33.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 135.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.7 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Scenic Valley Park: 0.8 mi
- Raccoon River Park: 1.4 mi
- Quail Cove Park: 1.7 mi
- Southwoods Park: 1.8 mi
- Beh Glen Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
- Columnar: 1.8 mi
- Circle of Life: 1.9 mi
- Succulent Bloom: 1.9 mi
- Red: 1.9 mi
- American Dreamer: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Brown's Woods: 1.8 mi
- Valley Junction Park: 2.9 mi
- Dale Maffitt Reservoir Park: 3.1 mi
- Denman Woods: 3.6 mi
- Cummins Woods: 4.9 mi
Attractions
- Clive Caboose: 4.6 mi
- Church of the Land: 5.6 mi
- Flynn Barn: 5.6 mi
- Flynn Home: 5.6 mi
- Matthias’s Blacksmith Shop: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 55
- F-16: 4.2 mi
- P-51: 4.2 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 4.4 mi
- Salisbury House: 4.6 mi
- George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace: 5.6 mi
Museums: 22
- Bennett School: 1.6 mi
- Science Center of Iowa: 6.9 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 7.1 mi
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 7.7 mi
- Johnston Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 22
- Faith & Grace Garden: 3.1 mi
- Clare & Miles Mills Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
- Waterbury Garden: 4.5 mi
- Wildflower Scattering Garden: 5.4 mi
- Arie Den Boer Arboretum: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 27 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DES Moines Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer24 obs
- Amur honeysuckle24 obs
- American Goldfinch23 obs
- Northern Cardinal21 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom19 obs
- Downy Woodpecker19 obs
- American Robin18 obs
- common milkweed18 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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