Park · Iowa
Maxwell City Park
Maxwell City Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. The nearest named place is Maxwell Historical Society, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.88761, -93.40188
- 9.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 123.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Legion Park: 0.4 mi
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 4.2 mi
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 4.2 mi
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 4.9 mi
- Heart of Iowa Nature Trail: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Robison Wildlife Acres: 3.1 mi
- Gladys Leui Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt - Swan Lake Unit: 6.9 mi
- Turtlehead Fen: 7.7 mi
- Skunk River Flats WMA: 8.8 mi
Historic sites
- Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock: 13.1 mi
- Shelly Dunham Memorial: 13.7 mi
- H.L. Munn Memorial: 14.3 mi
- David A. Dobell Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Durham Bandshell Memorial: 14.4 mi
Artworks
- AASOE Site: 14.3 mi
- AAOSE Site: 14.3 mi
- AAOSE Site: 14.4 mi
- Monolith: 14.4 mi
- AASOE Site: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 58
- Ducks: 4.3 mi
- Turkey Pen: 4.3 mi
- Chickens: 4.3 mi
- Goat Pen: 4.3 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 34
- Kiwanis Butterfly Garden: 8.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Penkhus Campanile Garden: 14.8 mi
- Trial Garden: 14.8 mi
- Buck Rose Collection: 14.8 mi
Museums: 23
- Maxwell Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- Maxwell Museum: 0.1 mi
- Trainland U.S.A.: 13.4 mi
- Ames History Museum: 14.4 mi
- Ankeny Historical Museum: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Hertz Family Falls: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Kiwanis Shelter: 9.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
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, 10 mi away.
- Barred Owl3 obs
- showy orchis2 obs
- Banded Garden Spider2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Eastern Towhee1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- Oyster Mushroom1 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee1 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/852543954
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