Barbara’s Portal
Barbara’s Portal is an artwork in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Into the Maelstrom, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- On the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 140.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Into the Maelstrom: 0.5 mi
- Improbable Balance: 0.8 mi
- Window on a Blue Garden: 0.8 mi
- Blue Heron with Sunfish: 0.8 mi
- Dance of the Prairie Dawn: 0.8 mi
- Hutchison Park: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Daley Park: 1.0 mi
- Tahira & Labh Hira Park: 1.3 mi
- Christopher Gartner Park: 1.4 mi
- Munn Woods: 1.1 mi
- Ames High Prairie State Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Ioway Creek Stormwater Wetland: 4.2 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 5.0 mi
- Wakefield Woods: 6.4 mi
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock: 1.0 mi
- Helen Daley Smith Memorial Rock: 1.0 mi
- Raymond and Gertrude Daley Memorial Rock: 1.1 mi
- Emma McCarthy Lee Memorial Park Rock: 1.5 mi
- Teaching Sculpture: 2.0 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Jischke Children's Garden: 3.2 mi
- Water-Wise Hillside Garden: 3.2 mi
- Outdoor Living Room: 3.2 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 3.2 mi
- Farm House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Brunnier Art Museum: 3.0 mi
- Ames History Museum: 4.1 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 9.8 mi
- Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 3.2 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 10.5 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 10.6 mi
- Story City Carousel: 11.9 mi
- Goat Pen: 15.1 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 12.8 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 13.3 mi
- Pilot Mound: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barbara’s Portal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | WNW 297° | 362.7 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:12 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:02 | 16:47 |
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 | 20 | 25 | 38 | 50 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames 8 WSW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11082241630
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