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Bellevue Lions

Bellevue Lions from directly overhead

Bellevue Lions is an artwork in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. White Hill stands 381 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. Grant Wood Scenic Byway runs past it. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Material: metal

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Coordinates42.25779, -90.42254

On the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
On the Great River Road, National
29.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Lock & Dam 12 Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
Mason's Park: 0.2 mi
Sarge O'Neil Park: 0.2 mi
Cole Park: 0.5 mi
Ernst Memorial Park: 0.5 mi

Artworks50

Bellevue Lions: 0.0 mi
Bellevue War Mural: 0.1 mi
Young Corn: 0.1 mi
Jackson County Freedom Rock: 0.2 mi
Living, Flowing, Ever Changing: 0.2 mi

Nature reserves38

South Bluff Nature Center: 0.8 mi
Little Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
Princess Mine Algific Slope: 3.6 mi
Bald Forty Preserve: 4.7 mi
Big Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi

Museums26

Young Historical Museum: 0.3 mi
Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 10.5 mi
Washburne House State Historic Site: 10.6 mi
General Grants Home: 10.6 mi
Presidential Pets and China: 10.6 mi

Attractions24

General Store: 10.6 mi
Linmar Gardens: 10.8 mi
Galena Trolley Tours: 10.8 mi
Henry W. Miller House: 13.2 mi
Apple River Road Bridge: 15.3 mi

Historic sites23

Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
Bellevue War Memorial: 0.0 mi
Revolutionary War Patriots: 0.2 mi
Lime Kiln: 0.6 mi
Julia Dent Grant: 10.6 mi

Peaks19

North Bluff: 0.5 mi
South Bluff: 0.8 mi
Pilot Knob: 8.1 mi
Lost Mound: 8.1 mi
Dygerts Mound: 9.4 mi

Gardens6

Fireman's Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 0.9 mi
Hosta Garden: 10.6 mi
Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 20.6 mi
Virginia's Garden: 22.3 mi

Cliffs5

South Bluff: 0.7 mi
Horseshoe Bluff: 18.0 mi
Wantea Point: 20.6 mi
Kellys Bluff: 20.7 mi
Bald Point: 22.8 mi

Springs4

Cedar Spring: 8.5 mi
Marsden Well: 10.7 mi
Plum Creek Spring: 17.1 mi
Cleary Spring: 23.1 mi

Beaches3

Bellevue Beach: 5.2 mi
Santa Fe Beach: 15.4 mi
South Beach: 18.6 mi

Waterfalls2

Thunder Bay Falls: 10.6 mi
Apple Canyon Waterfall: 17.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Millville: 23.1 mi
Sinnipee: 25.0 mi

Picnic sites1

Pavilion: 16.3 mi

Rest areas1

Grant County Rest Area 106: 20.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bellevue Lions. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
White Hill	NNE 27°	381 m	22.0 mi
Charles Mound	NNE 29°	374 m	19.4 mi
Benton Mound	ENE 63°	367 m	21.4 mi
Mount Sumner	NE 45°	357 m	20.3 mi
Scales Mound	NNE 28°	356 m	16.4 mi
Squirrel Grove Mound	NE 40°	355 m	21.6 mi
Hudson Mound	NE 39°	354 m	19.6 mi
Sinsinawa Mound	NNW 342°	353 m	19.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:06	18:37	19:14
June solstice	05:26	20:00	20:42
September equinox	06:50	18:24	19:01
December solstice	07:28	15:48	16:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	21	24	36	48	60	70	74	72	64	52	38	27
Precip in	1.3	1.6	2.2	3.8	4.2	5.6	4.3	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.3	1.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellevue L&D 12, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7982511172

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