Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a garden in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Park & Dubuque Arboretum, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 24.1 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 25.5 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 4 mi
- Shiras Point · 4 mi
- River Viewing Point · 4 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Marshall Park & Dubuque Arboretum: 0.1 mi
- Union Camp Park: 0.2 mi
- Rustic Point Park: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Harvest View Park: 1.4 mi
- Ram: 2.2 mi
- The Inevitability of Land: 2.9 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 3.0 mi
- Portal: 3.0 mi
- America Needs a Hug: 3.0 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 2.5 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 2.7 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 3.4 mi
- Eagle Point Park: 3.4 mi
- Ham House Museum: 3.4 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 3.8 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 3.9 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 3.9 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 3.5 mi
- William M. Black: 3.8 mi
- Tavern: 3.8 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 3.8 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 4.0 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Centenial Cross: 6.2 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 6.5 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 8.9 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 12.3 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 3.6 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 6.4 mi
- Hosta Garden: 17.1 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 24.5 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 24.8 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 6.2 mi
- South Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Sinnipee: 4.2 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 21.2 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 11.6 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 20.7 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 5.1 mi
- Marsden Well: 17.4 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 45° | 435 m | 22.5 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 49° | 427 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 46° | 389 m | 23.0 mi |
| White Hill | E 88° | 381 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 320° | 374 m | 6.5 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 95° | 374 m | 24.4 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 101° | 356 m | 23.1 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 306° | 355 m | 12.3 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 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
- American pokeweed125 obs
- Green Sunfish92 obs
- Bluegill64 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee55 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug44 obs
- American burnweed41 obs
- Black Bullhead32 obs
- white clover27 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 3 mi
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