Henry W. Miller House
Henry W. Miller House is an attraction in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is J Dubuque Monument, a park 1.6 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
house in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Wikidata Q24435820, matched on coordinates and name (58 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1850
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 13.1 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 9 mi
- River Viewing Point · 11 mi
- Shiras Point · 11 mi
- Allison Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- J Dubuque Monument: 1.6 mi
- Old Cemetery Park: 2.4 mi
- West Street Sculpture Park: 2.7 mi
- Galena Veterans Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Grant View Park: 2.8 mi
- Leaf Skeleton: 10.6 mi
- Continuum: 10.7 mi
- T.J.M. Still Life: 10.8 mi
- Mark Twain Statue: 10.8 mi
- Paddlewheel: 10.9 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 8.7 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 9.4 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 10.2 mi
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum: 2.6 mi
- Dowling House: 2.7 mi
- Old Market House: 2.7 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum: 2.8 mi
- Washburne House State Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 2.7 mi
- General Store: 3.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Cave: 8.3 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.7 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 3.0 mi
- Julien Dubuque Monument: 9.6 mi
- Zebulon Pike Monument: 9.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 10.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 4.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 4.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.4 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 6.9 mi
- Scales Mound: 9.7 mi
- Hosta Garden: 3.1 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 11.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 14.1 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Marsden Well: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Spring: 16.4 mi
- Cleary Spring: 17.8 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 21.9 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 6.3 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 19.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 11.2 mi
- South Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 8.1 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Henry W. Miller House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 7° | 435 m | 22.1 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NNE 14° | 427 m | 23.0 mi |
| Little Mound | N 9° | 389 m | 22.1 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 61° | 381 m | 13.5 mi |
| Charles Mound | ENE 71° | 374 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WNW 302° | 374 m | 20.4 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 99° | 367 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Sumner | E 85° | 357 m | 16.2 mi |
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 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 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 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 10000836OpenStreetMapWikipedia- National Register of Historic Places — Miller, Henry W., House, reference 10000836, listed 10/13/10.
OpenStreetMap element way/701380623
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 11 mi
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