Paddlewheel
Paddlewheel is an artwork in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road runs past it. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 20.4 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 3 mi
- River Viewing Point · 3 mi
- Shiras Point · 3 mi
- Allison Point · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Iron Park: 0.3 mi
- Cathedral Square: 0.3 mi
- Washington Park: 0.4 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 0.4 mi
- Cottingham & Butler Park: 0.4 mi
- Mark Twain Statue: 0.0 mi
- Moon Goddess: 0.1 mi
- Ada Hayden: 0.2 mi
- Automate: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 0.2 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 6.2 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 0.0 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 0.2 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Ham House Museum: 2.4 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 0.4 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 1.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture: 1.6 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 0.1 mi
- Tavern: 0.1 mi
- William M. Black: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 0.3 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 0.4 mi
- Centenial Cross: 4.0 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 6.3 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 10.2 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 14.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 6.5 mi
- Hosta Garden: 13.5 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 2.6 mi
- South Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Sinnipee: 5.4 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 24.3 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 13.7 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 17.1 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 2.7 mi
- Marsden Well: 13.8 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paddlewheel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 35° | 435 m | 22.6 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 40° | 427 m | 24.6 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 37° | 389 m | 23.0 mi |
| White Hill | E 82° | 381 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 317° | 374 m | 10.2 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 89° | 374 m | 21.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 96° | 356 m | 20.0 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 307° | 355 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque L&D 11, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/859519102
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