Park · Iowa
Water Works Park
Water Works Park is a park in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. The nearest named place is Salisbury House, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 31 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 241 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.56986, -93.66491
- 31.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 132.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- RAGBRAI: River to River: 0.9 mi
- River Constellation: 0.9 mi
- Seat/Leg Table: 1.3 mi
- Double Niche: 1.3 mi
- Man and Pegasus: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Bill Riley - Meredith Trail Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Denman Woods: 1.1 mi
- Valley Junction Park: 1.8 mi
- Cummins Woods: 2.0 mi
- Brown's Woods: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Ashworth Park: 1.0 mi
- Brody School Park: 1.1 mi
- Greenwood Park: 1.2 mi
- Chamberlain Park: 1.6 mi
- Harmon Park: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Heritage Carousel of Des Moines: 4.1 mi
- Carousel: 4.1 mi
- Trumpeter Swans: 4.1 mi
- Giraffe Feeding: 4.2 mi
- Clive Caboose: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Salisbury House: 0.7 mi
- Des Moines Art Center: 1.3 mi
- F-16: 1.9 mi
- George Washington Carver and Henry Wallace: 2.0 mi
- P-51: 2.0 mi
Museums: 23
- Science Center of Iowa: 2.5 mi
- Iowa Hall of Pride: 2.6 mi
- State of Iowa Historical Building: 3.2 mi
- Bennett School: 4.8 mi
- Halls of Law and Flame: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 22
- Arie Den Boer Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Terrace Hill Kitchen Garden: 1.2 mi
- Clare & Miles Mills Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Waterbury Garden: 1.5 mi
- Porter Dimery Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 1
- Easter Lake Beach: 5.6 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, 3 mi away.
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee28 obs
- Virginia bluebells27 obs
- White-tailed Deer25 obs
- Golden Oyster Mushroom23 obs
- American Toad19 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee19 obs
- American pokeweed18 obs
- Monarch18 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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