Ames is located in United States (Story County, Iowa) and time zone America/Chicago.
Places nearby are Nevada, Boone and Centerville.
Chicago is 478 km away, Houston is 1,357 km away and New York City is 1,576 km away as the crow flies.
Distances from Ames to the most important cities in United States and the world.
42.0347100°
-93.6199400°
Research center operated by NASA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Research_CenterCity in Massachusetts, United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amesbury,_Massachusetts