Park · Iowa
Harmon Park
Harmon Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. The nearest named place is Brody School Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 33 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.54863, -93.65372
- 32.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 131.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Brody School Park: 0.6 mi
- Sayers Park: 1.0 mi
- Water Works Park: 1.6 mi
- George Nahas Park: 1.6 mi
- Gray's Lake Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Bill Riley - Meredith Trail Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Denman Woods: 2.3 mi
- Valley Junction Park: 2.7 mi
- Brown's Woods: 2.9 mi
- Cummins Woods: 3.6 mi
Artworks
- Lift Off: 1.3 mi
- River Constellation: 1.5 mi
- RAGBRAI: River to River: 1.5 mi
- The Gateway Colossus: 2.5 mi
- Plantoir: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Trumpeter Swans: 2.6 mi
- Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Giraffe Feeding: 2.6 mi
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines: 5.0 mi
- Clive Caboose: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 55
- F-16: 0.6 mi
- P-51: 0.6 mi
- Salisbury House: 2.3 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 2.8 mi
- Birthplace of Des Moines Cabin: 3.0 mi
Museums: 23
- Science Center of Iowa: 2.9 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 3.4 mi
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 3.7 mi
- Bennett School: 5.4 mi
- Halls of Law and Flame: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 22
- Arie Den Boer Arboretum: 1.7 mi
- Terrace Hill Kitchen Garden: 2.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
- Clare & Miles Mills Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Waterbury Garden: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 4.8 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 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:04 | 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, 1 mi away.
- Shortnose Gar17 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee14 obs
- Monarch13 obs
- American Toad12 obs
- House Sparrow11 obs
- American pokeweed11 obs
- Great Blue Heron10 obs
- White-tailed Deer10 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/146995291
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