Virginia's Garden
Virginia's Garden is a garden in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Sherrill Mound stands 374 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is English Ridge Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.1 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 19.9 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 27.6 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 7 mi
- River Viewing Point · 9 mi
- Shiras Point · 9 mi
- Allison Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- English Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
- Swiss Valley Park: 2.2 mi
- Bergfeld Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Westbrook Park: 3.1 mi
- Kelly Oaks Park: 3.2 mi
- Ram: 5.6 mi
- Precontact: 6.1 mi
- Healing Waters: 6.2 mi
- Nosce Te Ipsum: 6.2 mi
- The Inevitability of Land: 6.2 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- NICC Outdoor Learning Lab: 3.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 6.3 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 5.6 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 6.5 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 6.6 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- Ham House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.9 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 5.2 mi
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Dubuque Regional Airport: 5.8 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 6.3 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 6.1 mi
- William M. Black: 6.4 mi
- Tavern: 6.4 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 6.5 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 6.7 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.9 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 10.8 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 12.8 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 14.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 6.4 mi
- Hosta Garden: 18.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 22.7 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 6.9 mi
- South Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 17.8 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 21.7 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 9.2 mi
- Sinnipee: 10.4 mi
- Marsden Well: 18.4 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virginia's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrill Mound | N 353° | 374 m | 10.8 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NNW 331° | 355 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | ENE 66° | 353 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sundown Mountain | NNW 332° | 348 m | 5.2 mi |
| Horseshoe Mound | E 99° | 324 m | 19.5 mi |
| Centenial Cross | E 96° | 312.816 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dygerts Mound | ESE 102° | 300 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 106° | 298 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee12 obs
- Rusty-patched Bumble Bee8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle6 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee6 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee6 obs
- Western Honey Bee5 obs
- American Toad5 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/904567399
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 6 mi
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