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Murray Hall

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Elevation, modelled
316 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Blackbird Hill426 m · 23.4 mi
Nearest byway
Loess Hills Scenic Byway4.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
21:03local time
Coordinates
41.8095, -96.0247

Murray Hall is a attraction in Iowa, at a modelled 316 m. Blackbird Hill stands 426 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Iowa DOT Rest Area (Parking Only), a rest area 4.7 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Murray Hall is a rare example of the two-story, “false front” or “boom town” style of the 19th century commercial buildings in the frontier towns of early Iowa. Its gabled roof is masked by a flat parapet to give the look of greater height.

Built
1877

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackbird HillNW 323°426 m23.4 mi
Granger HillNNE 25°412 m17.8 mi
Durr HillN 5°391 m18.4 mi

42 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5020:2121:03
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:4916:1216:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

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