Town & Country Arts Masonic Lodge
Town & Country Arts Masonic Lodge is an attraction in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Boocker point stands 361 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Missouri Dale Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
Originally a school for the town, this structures has served as a theater in the 1920's - 30's and as a Masonic Lodge. It was donated to the Town & Country Arts organization and placed on the National Historic Registry in 2014.
What the record says
- Built
- 1880
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Loess Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 6.4 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Western Skies Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lewis and Clark Monument Park · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horseshoe Lake Wetland Area: 2.7 mi
- Blair Optimist River Park: 6.3 mi
- Mondamin City Park: 6.4 mi
- Missouri Valley Dog Park: 6.8 mi
- Missouri Valley City Park: 7.0 mi
- Missouri Dale Wildlife Area: 1.0 mi
- Vaile Wetland Nature Area: 3.2 mi
- Missouri Bottoms Wetland Area: 4.1 mi
- Saint Johns Wildlife Area: 4.5 mi
- California Revetment: 4.6 mi
- Spooner-Holeton House: 6.4 mi
- Steamboat Bertrand Discovery Site Historical Marker: 6.8 mi
- New Deal Mural titled "Iowa Fair": 7.7 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Magnolia Town Pump: 8.9 mi
- Lewis and Clark Sculpture: 12.0 mi
- 'Welcome To Historic Florence' Mural: 19.7 mi
- Ceres: 22.7 mi
- Mural: 23.5 mi
- Omaha Lollipop: 23.6 mi
- DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- Steamboat Museum: 5.5 mi
- Wisecup's Farm Museum: 7.1 mi
- Union Pacific Caboose: 7.2 mi
- Museum of Religious Arts: 9.8 mi
- Mondamin Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Tower of the Four Winds: 9.1 mi
- Fort Atkinson: 11.5 mi
- Mormon Bridge historical marker: 19.1 mi
- KOBS PIONEER CEMETARY: 20.0 mi
- Electrical Safety: 23.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.7 mi
- Benson Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 24.9 mi
- Rainwater and Habitat Garden: 25.0 mi
- De Soto: 8.5 mi
- Devil's Slide: 17.5 mi
- Boocker point: 20.0 mi
- Manchester Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town & Country Arts Masonic Lodge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boocker point | SSW 200° | 361.12 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:20 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:13 | 16:58 |
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 | 22 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 39 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blair, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1082774293
Day trips start here
- Missouri Valley · 7 mi
- Council Bluffs · 26 mi
- Omaha · 26 mi
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