Park · Iowa
Fairmont Park
Fairmont Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 273 m. The nearest named place is Valley View Village Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 273 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.62303, -93.56918
- 27.6 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 127.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Valley View Village Park: 0.6 mi
- Easttown Park: 0.8 mi
- Grandview Park: 1.0 mi
- Reno Memorial Dog Park: 1.0 mi
- Easton Basin Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Strasser Woods State Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Four Mile Creek Greenbelt: 2.1 mi
- Des Moines River Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Eagle Ridge Park: 4.4 mi
- Carney Marsh: 4.8 mi
Artworks
- Cow and Calf Sculpture: 1.6 mi
- Straw Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Prairie Song: 2.8 mi
- Five Stones - One Tree: 2.8 mi
- Cosmic Seed: 2.9 mi
Attractions
- Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm: 2.0 mi
- Ye Old Mill: 2.1 mi
- Butter Cow: 2.1 mi
- Giant Slide: 2.2 mi
- Snakes Alive: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 53
- Site of Camp Burnside 1862: 2.4 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.6 mi
- WWII Memorial Plaza: 2.7 mi
- World War I Monument: 2.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 22
- The Garden: 2.0 mi
- Discovery Garden: 2.1 mi
- Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden: 2.9 mi
- Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Fallen Officer Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
Museums: 22
- Halls of Law and Flame: 2.0 mi
- County School: 2.1 mi
- Ralph H. Deets Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- Richard L. Easter Museum Complex: 2.2 mi
- Richard O. Jacobson Hall & Kenyon Gallery: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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, 8 mi away.
- Dutchman's breeches8 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty8 obs
- American Toad7 obs
- White-tailed Deer6 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom6 obs
- wild geranium4 obs
- mayapple4 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing4 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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