Moore Park
Moore Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shep, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 137.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shep: 0.1 mi
- Dikotomia: 0.1 mi
- Pediment: 0.2 mi
- I Will: 0.3 mi
- Breaking Barriers: 0.3 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
- Greek Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Stuart Smith Park: 0.7 mi
- Greenbriar Park: 0.8 mi
- Campustown Court: 0.8 mi
- Ioway Creek Stormwater Wetland: 1.4 mi
- Munn Woods: 1.9 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 2.0 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 2.0 mi
- Ketelsen Greenwing Marsh: 4.4 mi
- Stuart Smith Park Trees Rock: 0.6 mi
- Stuart Smith Park Garden Rock: 0.6 mi
- Phi Kappa Phi Rock: 0.7 mi
- Lincoln Highway Marker: 0.8 mi
- Lake LaVerne: 0.9 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 0.1 mi
- Reiman Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Outdoor Living Room: 0.1 mi
- Joey & Jesse's Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 0.7 mi
- Farm House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Ames History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 12.8 mi
- City of Roland Museum: 12.9 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 0.2 mi
- Goat Pen: 12.2 mi
- Turkey Pen: 12.2 mi
- Chickens: 12.2 mi
- Ducks: 12.2 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 10.2 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 10.5 mi
- Pilot Mound: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moore Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 298° | 362.7 m | 21.3 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 | 20:54 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
- Red Admiral297 obs
- White-tailed Deer211 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel174 obs
- Monarch174 obs
- Canada Goose159 obs
- Red Fox126 obs
- Painted Lady125 obs
- American Robin122 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/188266016
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