Christopher Gartner Park
Christopher Gartner Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 308 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Spikey Smooth, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
Christopher Gartner Park is a city park in west Ames. It has paved bike path, small playground with a swingset, slide structure, 3 rocking animals and a digging contraption.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 308 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Ames
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 139.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spikey Smooth: 0.1 mi
- Dance of the Prairie Dawn: 0.5 mi
- Blue Heron with Sunfish: 0.6 mi
- Window on a Blue Garden: 0.7 mi
- Improbable Balance: 0.7 mi
- Franklin Park: 0.6 mi
- Tahira & Labh Hira Park: 0.7 mi
- Daley Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Ridge Park: 0.9 mi
- ISU Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Munn Woods: 0.7 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Ioway Creek Stormwater Wetland: 3.2 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 3.9 mi
- Ketelsen Greenwing Marsh: 5.9 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 2.0 mi
- DeeAnn Drew Shade Garden: 2.0 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 2.0 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 2.0 mi
- Farm House Museum: 1.8 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- Ames History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 10.8 mi
- Railroad Museum: 11.5 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 2.0 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 11.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 11.6 mi
- Story City Carousel: 12.6 mi
- Goat Pen: 13.8 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 12.0 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pilot Mound: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Christopher Gartner Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 299° | 362.7 m | 19.4 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 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| 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 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Muni AP, 4 mi away.
- Red Admiral282 obs
- Dutchman's breeches275 obs
- White-tailed Deer194 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel127 obs
- Canada Goose124 obs
- Red Fox110 obs
- Monarch110 obs
- Downy Woodpecker95 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/487255808
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