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Chief Taimah Memorial Site

Chief Taimah Memorial Site from directly overhead

Chief Taimah Memorial Site is a historic site in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Gittings Mound stands 230 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgewater Beach Access, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
207 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87559, -91.09181

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mosquito Park: 4.0 mi
  • Riverside Park: 4.3 mi
  • North Hill Park: 4.3 mi
  • Nancy Neafie Park: 4.6 mi
  • Saunderson Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 49
  • Edgewater Beach Access: 1.8 mi
  • Hoover Nature Trail Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
  • Tama Beach Access: 1.8 mi
  • North Gorge: 1.9 mi
  • Tama Beach Access: 2.0 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 6
  • Snake Alley: 4.5 mi
  • Fire Bell: 4.6 mi
  • CB&Q Steam Engine 3003: 4.8 mi
  • Lincoln Rock: 16.9 mi
  • Old Fort Madison: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Des Moines County Fair: 6.1 mi
  • Sante Fe Locomotive: 20.5 mi
  • Sante Fe Caboose: 20.6 mi
  • CB&Q Depot: 20.6 mi
  • ATSF Depot: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Art Display: 6.0 mi
  • Art Gallery: 6.0 mi
  • Old Canon: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • East Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Verne "Bud" Barnes Shelter: 24.5 mi
  • Nellie Long Shelter: 24.5 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Jollyville Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Gittings Mound: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gittings MoundS 173°230 m16.6 mi
Jollyville HillSSW 210°161 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:3419:5920:40
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2615:5616:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242840526373767467554130
Precip in1.41.72.43.85.04.74.03.63.62.82.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladstone DAM 18, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354378229

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