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Calliope Village

Calliope Village from directly overhead

Calliope Village is an attraction in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. Canton Mounds stands 430 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawarden City Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles.

Calliope Village is a Historical Village of Historic Buildings filled with artifacts true to the eras they came from.

The story

city in Iowa, United States

Dates from 1882.

Wikidata Q4886452, matched on coordinates and name (40 m apart).

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00789, -96.48817

85 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Hawarden City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Big Sioux Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Sioux County Historical Site: 4.4 mi
  • North Park: 8.8 mi
  • Moeller Wildlife Area: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Museums: 4
  • Inwood Iowa Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Canton Depot Museum: 21.0 mi
  • Plymouth County Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Union County Historical Museum: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Visitor Center: 22.0 mi
  • Kiddie Barn: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Sand Beach: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • The Gift: 17.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Canton Mounds: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Canton MoundsN 352°430 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0119:38
June solstice05:4820:2621:09
September equinox07:1418:4819:25
December solstice07:5516:0916:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172234475969747163493422
Precip in0.70.81.73.14.04.43.23.63.32.51.31.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawarden, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6010509039

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