Attraction · Iowa
Lu Verne City Jail
Lu Verne City Jail is an attraction in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. The nearest named place is East Fork Access, a nature reserve 5.1 miles away.
The story
fire station and prison in Lu Verne, Iowa
Dates from 1912.
Wikidata Q23302780, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1912
How to reach it
Coordinates42.91094, -94.08370
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- East Fork Access: 5.1 mi
- Saint Benedict Wildlife Area: 7.5 mi
- Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge: 7.5 mi
- Devine Wildlife Area: 7.9 mi
- Kubicek Pits: 8.6 mi
Parks: 51
- Lotts Park: 6.5 mi
- Renwick City Park: 7.7 mi
- Smith Park: 8.0 mi
- Oakdale Park: 10.2 mi
- Ambrose A Call State Park: 12.9 mi
Museums: 14
- Kossuth County Historical Museum: 13.3 mi
- Camp Algona POW Museum: 13.4 mi
- Humboldt County Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Liberty School Museum: 14.7 mi
- West Bend Historical Society Museum: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 19.1 mi
- Eagle Grove War Memorial: 19.4 mi
- MIA-POW Display: 22.9 mi
- Old Dam: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Sexton: 11.9 mi
- Plum Creek: 14.8 mi
- Unique: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 2
- Grotto of the Redemption: 18.7 mi
- Lone Rock: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 13.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:16 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:59 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Algona, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 92001662OpenStreetMapWikipedia- National Register of Historic Places — Lu Verne City Jail, reference 92001662, listed 12/18/92.
OpenStreetMap element way/1465154103
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