Old Schuetzen Park
Old Schuetzen Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Buren Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 20.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oculus · 6 mi
- Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook · 7 mi
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Van Buren Park: 0.6 mi
- Fejervary Park: 1.0 mi
- Koenig Park: 1.1 mi
- Monroe Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunderbruch Park: 1.2 mi
- Thirty-First Avenue Park: 3.2 mi
- Indian Island: 4.1 mi
- Beaver Island: 4.2 mi
- City Line Ravine: 5.2 mi
- Mirror Lake: 5.3 mi
- Irish Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Dillon Memorial Fountain: 2.4 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 2.4 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 3.0 mi
- Camp McClellan: 4.1 mi
- German American Heritage Center & Museum: 2.0 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 3.9 mi
- Fryxell Geology Museum: 4.0 mi
- Hose Station No. 4: 4.0 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 4.2 mi
- Heritage Court: 2.5 mi
- Clinic Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Old World Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Hosta Glade: 2.7 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
- Vander Veer Botanical Park: 2.8 mi
- Helium Trampoline Park: 9.2 mi
- Rock Island County State Fair Grounds: 10.2 mi
- Antique Archaeology: 15.2 mi
- Scott County Freedom Rock: 15.3 mi
- Lady Of Germania: 2.0 mi
- Curved Spire: 2.2 mi
- Octagon Pistols: 2.3 mi
- Sculpture Park: 4.1 mi
- "Bling" Rocky Statue: 6.7 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 3.0 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 7.2 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 7.8 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 8.0 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 8.2 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- I-80 EB: 23.7 mi
- I-80 WB: 23.8 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 6.4 mi
- Duck Creek Waterfall: 7.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Schuetzen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | SSW 193° | 203 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:36 |
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 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Island L&D 15, 3 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee57 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee20 obs
- wild bergamot14 obs
- dame's rocket13 obs
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit13 obs
- Black-and-gold Bumble Bee12 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
- Culver's root11 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/571865228
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