Park · Iowa
Berhow Park
Berhow Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. The nearest named place is Nordkalsem Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.89765, -93.59770
- 8.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 133.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Nordkalsem Park: 0.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.7 mi
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Christiansen Forest Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Skunk River Flats WMA: 4.4 mi
- Skunk River Flats WMA: 4.8 mi
- Polk County Conservation Alleman: 6.5 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 7.1 mi
Attractions
- Goat Pen: 6.0 mi
- Chickens: 6.0 mi
- Turkey Pen: 6.0 mi
- Ducks: 6.0 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 8.0 mi
Historic sites
- Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock: 7.4 mi
- Stuart Smith Park Trees Rock: 8.4 mi
- Stuart Smith Park Garden Rock: 8.4 mi
- O'Neil Park Rock: 8.6 mi
- Phi Kappa Phi Rock: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 40
- Sycamore Falls: 8.0 mi
- Prairie Vista Garden: 8.0 mi
- CoHorts' Pattern Garden: 8.0 mi
- Reflection Garden: 8.0 mi
- DeeAnn Drew Shade Garden: 8.0 mi
Museums: 28
- Brunnier Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- Ames History Museum: 8.9 mi
- Farm House Museum: 9.3 mi
- Maxwell Historical Society: 10.2 mi
- Maxwell Museum: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hertz Family Falls: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Kiwanis Shelter: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 24.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:02 | 16:47 |
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, 4 mi away.
- dame's rocket5 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty4 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica4 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom4 obs
- common milkweed3 obs
- Polyphemus Moth3 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- bloodroot3 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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