Eagle Point Park
Eagle Point Park is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Statue, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
park in Dubuque, Dubuque County, United States of America
Dates from 1909-05.
Wikidata Q5325205, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1908
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Dubuque
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.4 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 28.0 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 1 mi
- Shiras Point · 1 mi
- River Viewing Point · 1 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lock & Dam No. 11 Park: 0.2 mi
- Eagle Valley Park: 0.5 mi
- A.Y. McDonald Park: 0.7 mi
- O'Leary's Lake Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Miller Riverview Park: 1.2 mi
- An Ode to the River: 2.2 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 2.2 mi
- Portal: 2.2 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 2.2 mi
- Owl's Moon: 2.2 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 3.3 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 5.3 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Statue: 0.1 mi
- Shiras Memorial Pavilion: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Ham House Museum: 0.4 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.8 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.9 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.9 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 5.4 mi
- Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction: 2.4 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 2.8 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 2.9 mi
- Tavern: 2.9 mi
- William M. Black: 2.9 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 5.5 mi
- Centenial Cross: 6.8 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 9.0 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 15.1 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 8.6 mi
- Hosta Garden: 14.4 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 22.7 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 5.0 mi
- South Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Sinnipee: 2.7 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 22.0 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 11.0 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 17.8 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 2.0 mi
- Marsden Well: 14.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eagle Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 38° | 435 m | 20.0 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 43° | 427 m | 22.2 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 40° | 389 m | 20.4 mi |
| White Hill | E 89° | 381 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WNW 302° | 374 m | 9.0 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 96° | 374 m | 21.0 mi |
| Scales Mound | ESE 104° | 356 m | 19.8 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | WNW 298° | 355 m | 15.1 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 | 15:47 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/33762294
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 3 mi
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