Park · Iowa
4-H Park
4-H Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. The nearest named place is Wilson Farm Prairie, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.01848, -93.46278
- 0.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 129.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Wilson Farm Prairie: 0.2 mi
- Cooper Prairie Marsh: 5.0 mi
- Ketelsen Greenwing Marsh: 5.6 mi
- Skunk River Flats WMA: 6.3 mi
- Gladys Leui Preserve: 6.4 mi
Parks
- Meadow Lane Park: 0.2 mi
- Hattery Park: 0.8 mi
- Evergreen Lane (Briggs Terrace) Historical Site: 1.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 1.0 mi
- Krupp Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- AASOE Site: 7.6 mi
- Cy-House Rock!: 7.6 mi
- AAOSE Site: 7.6 mi
- AAOSE Site: 7.6 mi
- AASOE Site: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 49
- Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock: 7.2 mi
- David A. Dobell Memorial: 7.6 mi
- H.L. Munn Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Durham Bandshell Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Ames Circle of Arts: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 23
- Kiwanis Butterfly Garden: 1.0 mi
- Community Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Penkhus Campanile Garden: 8.9 mi
- Jones Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
- Buck Rose Collection: 9.0 mi
Museums: 16
- Ames History Museum: 7.7 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 8.9 mi
- Farm House Museum: 9.3 mi
- Maxwell Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Maxwell Museum: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 8
- Elwood the Gnome: 9.1 mi
- Turkey Pen: 9.7 mi
- Ducks: 9.7 mi
- Chickens: 9.7 mi
- Goat Pen: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Kiwanis Shelter: 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hertz Family Falls: 2.3 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:11 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 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 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames 5 SE, 7 mi away.
- Red Crossbill5 obs
- wide leek5 obs
- Monarch3 obs
- Virginia creeper3 obs
- Acanthocephala terminalis3 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee3 obs
- White-winged Crossbill2 obs
- Red-breasted Nuthatch2 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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