Franklin Park
Franklin Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 345 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Railroad Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 345 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 150.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blair Park: 0.4 mi
- Cummings Park: 0.9 mi
- Opal Dubois Anderson Park: 1.1 mi
- Miles-Lee Park: 1.3 mi
- Herman Park: 1.3 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 8.3 mi
- South Entrance Monument: 8.4 mi
- Eternal Flame: 9.0 mi
- Bluestem: 9.2 mi
- Barbara’s Portal: 10.2 mi
- Dickcissel Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Iowa National Heritage Foundation: 4.8 mi
- Ledges State Park: 5.1 mi
- Barkley Memorial State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Holst State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Founders Rock: 4.6 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock: 10.5 mi
- Helen Daley Smith Memorial Rock: 10.5 mi
- Raymond and Gertrude Daley Memorial Rock: 10.5 mi
- Children's Garden: 9.1 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 13.2 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 13.2 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 13.2 mi
- Railroad Museum: 0.4 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 0.5 mi
- Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 4.2 mi
- Battin Chapel: 5.8 mi
- Hickory Grove School Museum: 5.8 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 0.4 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 0.4 mi
- "Twister Hill": 7.8 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 13.2 mi
- Story City Carousel: 17.3 mi
- Pilot Mound: 8.6 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 23.0 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | NW 313° | 362.7 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:13 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:02 | 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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 2 mi away.
- Japanese Beetle14 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
- Monarch10 obs
- Rusty-patched Bumble Bee9 obs
- Western Honey Bee8 obs
- Grapevine Beetle8 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird7 obs
- American germander7 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/49240317
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