Horseshoe Bluff
Horseshoe Bluff is a cliff in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ampitheater, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 235 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.9 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Viewing Point · 5 mi
- Shiras Point · 5 mi
- Allison Point · 5 mi
- Inspiration Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mines of Spain - Riprow Valley: 0.7 mi
- Softball Complex: 0.8 mi
- E B Lyons Prairie and Woodland Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Maus Park: 1.7 mi
- Louis Murphy Park: 1.8 mi
- Precontact: 2.3 mi
- T.J.M. Still Life: 2.4 mi
- Leaf Skeleton: 2.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.5 mi
- Rising Sun: 2.5 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 7.3 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 8.7 mi
- NICC Outdoor Learning Lab: 10.6 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.4 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.4 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.6 mi
- Ham House Museum: 4.7 mi
- Ampitheater: 0.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Cave: 2.3 mi
- Dunleith Aquatic Center: 2.3 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 2.4 mi
- William M. Black: 2.5 mi
- Julien Dubuque Monument: 0.5 mi
- Zebulon Pike Monument: 0.7 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 2.9 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.2 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.2 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 6.4 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 12.7 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 12.7 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.7 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 6.9 mi
- Hosta Garden: 11.5 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 18.3 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 15.2 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 16.0 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 24.2 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 2.7 mi
- South Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Marsden Well: 11.9 mi
- Cedar Spring: 23.9 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 4.0 mi
- Sinnipee: 7.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NNE 30° | 435 m | 23.8 mi |
| Little Mound | NNE 31° | 389 m | 24.2 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 75° | 381 m | 21.5 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 320° | 374 m | 12.7 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 82° | 374 m | 20.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 89° | 356 m | 18.7 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 311° | 355 m | 18.4 mi |
| Hudson Mound | E 88° | 354 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 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 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque L&D 11, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354306224
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 3 mi
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