Park · Iowa
Tower Park
Tower Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. The nearest named place is Franklin Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 28 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.61385, -93.68531
- 28.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 133.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Riley Park: 0.6 mi
- Ashby Park: 1.1 mi
- Beaverdale Park: 1.4 mi
- Murphy Park: 1.4 mi
- Rocklyn Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Cummins Woods: 1.2 mi
- Colby Woods: 2.4 mi
- Denman Woods: 2.9 mi
- Sunflower Park: 3.2 mi
- Northview Wetlands: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- Bulldog: 1.7 mi
- Untitled: 1.9 mi
- Joy of Music: 1.9 mi
- Three Way Piece No.1: Points: 2.0 mi
- Animal Pyramid: 2.0 mi
Attractions
- Clive Caboose: 2.7 mi
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines: 3.8 mi
- Church of the Land: 4.3 mi
- Flynn Barn: 4.5 mi
- Matthias’s Blacksmith Shop: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 53
- George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace: 1.4 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 2.1 mi
- Salisbury House: 2.5 mi
- Urbandale Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Character Counts Pillars: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 23
- Franklin Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Wildflower Scattering Garden: 0.5 mi
- Waterbury Garden: 1.9 mi
- Porter Dimery Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
- Clare & Miles Mills Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
Museums: 22
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 3.6 mi
- Science Center of Iowa: 4.0 mi
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 4.3 mi
- Johnston Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Bennett School: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 7.9 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, 6 mi away.
- Bluegill70 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee43 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee41 obs
- Monarch39 obs
- White-tailed Deer33 obs
- Carolina Mantis32 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel29 obs
- Eastern Cottontail26 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.
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