Veteran's Memorial Park
Veteran's Memorial Park is a park in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Army Ridge Bluffs stands 203 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great River Road runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 20.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oculus · 4 mi
- Pat and Jack Bush Scenic Overlook · 6 mi
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monroe Park: 0.5 mi
- Lafayette Park: 0.7 mi
- Sister Concetta Park: 0.7 mi
- LeClaire Park: 0.8 mi
- Denkman Park: 0.9 mi
- Thirty-First Avenue Park: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Island: 3.4 mi
- Indian Island: 3.4 mi
- City Line Ravine: 3.7 mi
- Mirror Lake: 4.4 mi
- German American Heritage Center & Museum: 0.6 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fryxell Geology Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hose Station No. 4: 2.8 mi
- Rock Island Arsenal Museum: 2.8 mi
- Irish Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Dillon Memorial Fountain: 1.0 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.4 mi
- Fort Armstrong: 1.5 mi
- Camp McClellan: 2.8 mi
- Heritage Court: 1.3 mi
- Clinic Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Quad City Botanical Center: 1.6 mi
- East Bluff Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Old World Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Vander Veer Botanical Park: 2.1 mi
- Rock Island County State Fair Grounds: 8.7 mi
- Helium Trampoline Park: 9.3 mi
- Antique Archaeology: 14.0 mi
- Scott County Freedom Rock: 14.1 mi
- Lady Of Germania: 0.6 mi
- Octagon Pistols: 0.9 mi
- Curved Spire: 0.9 mi
- Sculpture Park: 2.7 mi
- "Bling" Rocky Statue: 5.2 mi
- West Lake Park Beach: 4.4 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 6.3 mi
- Ben Butterworth Parkway: 6.7 mi
- Buffalo Beach: 8.1 mi
- Buffalo Shores Beach: 9.0 mi
- Morning Sun Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Hill Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- KrisdalaBaka Rest Area (Eastbound): 23.8 mi
- KrisdalaBaka Rest Area (Westbound): 24.9 mi
- Duck Creek Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- Army Ridge Bluffs: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veteran's Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Ridge Bluffs | SSW 207° | 203 m | 6.5 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 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
- American White Pelican41 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee41 obs
- Monarch30 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 obs
- Canada Goose23 obs
- Bald Eagle22 obs
- Western Honey Bee21 obs
- Killdeer19 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/166593641
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