Bluestem
Bluestem is an artwork in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 317 m. Pilot Mound stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 7.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eternal Flame: 0.2 mi
- South Entrance Monument: 2.6 mi
- Entrance Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Bunny: 10.6 mi
- Spikey Smooth: 11.0 mi
- Iowa Arboretum & Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Long Refuge: 1.6 mi
- McCoy Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Ledges State Park: 4.2 mi
- Dickcissel Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Ledges Research Station: 3.4 mi
- Swede Point Park: 3.5 mi
- Jensen Park: 4.8 mi
- Edgewood Park: 5.0 mi
- Kate Shelley Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Hutton Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Aborted Babies Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock: 10.6 mi
- Helen Daley Smith Memorial Rock: 10.6 mi
- Raymond and Gertrude Daley Memorial Rock: 10.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Delaware Avenue Community Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 12.5 mi
- Prairie Vista Garden: 12.6 mi
- DeeAnn Drew Shade Garden: 12.6 mi
- Rail Explorers: Boone, IA: 9.1 mi
- Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad: 9.1 mi
- Elwood the Gnome: 12.6 mi
- "Twister Hill": 16.6 mi
- Pole Position Raceway: 18.4 mi
- Madrid Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Kate Shelley Park & Museum: 6.7 mi
- Boone County Historical Center: 8.7 mi
- Railroad Museum: 9.1 mi
- Battin Chapel: 9.5 mi
- Pilot Mound: 16.7 mi
- Hertz Family Falls: 22.2 mi
- Kiwanis Shelter: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bluestem. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mound | NNW 334° | 362.7 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:13 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/967685359
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