Park · Iowa
Belle M. Turner Park
Belle M. Turner Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. The nearest named place is McHenry Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.63386, -93.60838
- 26.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 130.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- McHenry Park: 1.3 mi
- Highland Park: 1.8 mi
- Bates Park: 2.1 mi
- Fairmont Park: 2.2 mi
- Edna Griffin Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines: 1.4 mi
- Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm: 3.9 mi
- Ye Old Mill: 3.9 mi
- Giant Slide: 4.0 mi
- Snakes Alive: 4.0 mi
Artworks
- Spectral Liberation: 2.6 mi
- Path of Peace: 2.8 mi
- Cow and Calf Sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Cosmic Seed: 2.9 mi
- WOW: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Lee Acres: 3.1 mi
- Four Mile Creek Greenbelt: 3.4 mi
- Strasser Woods State Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Carney Marsh: 4.0 mi
- Des Moines River Open Space: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 53
- World War I Monument: 2.3 mi
- Spanish Howitzer: 2.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.9 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.9 mi
- Spanish-American War Monument: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 23
- Mondamin Glen: 2.5 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden: 2.6 mi
- Porter Dimery Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Fallen Officer Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
Museums: 22
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 3.0 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 3.0 mi
- Science Center of Iowa: 3.6 mi
- Halls of Law and Flame: 3.8 mi
- County School: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 6.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ankeny, 7 mi away.
- Painted Turtle35 obs
- Carolina Mantis21 obs
- white clover20 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle13 obs
- eastern poison ivy13 obs
- Western Honey Bee11 obs
- American pokeweed11 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 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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