Historic site · Georgia
Iowa Monument
Iowa Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Iowa Reservation, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates34.98372, -85.27951
- 3.3 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Iowa Reservation: 0.0 mi
- John Ross Commons: 0.4 mi
- Boulevard Park: 0.9 mi
- Darwin Field: 1.2 mi
- East Lake Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Snodgrass Hill: 3.9 mi
- Cameron Hill: 5.2 mi
- Happy Top: 5.3 mi
- Dailey Hill: 5.5 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Illinois State Monument: 2.6 mi
- Missing Man Monument: 3.0 mi
- Florida Monument: 3.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Marker: 3.5 mi
- Kentucky Monument: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 34
- Freedom Church: 1.2 mi
- Cannon Ball: 1.9 mi
- Conestoga: 1.9 mi
- OH-Zone: 1.9 mi
- Genie: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 29
- Eagle Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 9.3 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 9.3 mi
- Williams Point: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 3.5 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 3.6 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 3.6 mi
- High Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 6.3 mi
Museums: 20
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 3.0 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 3.4 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 4.1 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 4.1 mi
- Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 15
- Moonrise: 3.6 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 5.2 mi
- Resurgence II: 5.2 mi
- Resurgence I: 5.3 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 12
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 5.3 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Audubon Acres: 5.7 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 9.5 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 11.9 mi
Springs: 9
- Straight Spring: 3.7 mi
- Obar Spring: 7.7 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 7.9 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 10.9 mi
- Taylor Spring: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 9
- Rock City Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Picnic Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 12.5 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 4
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 8.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 10.7 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 15.3 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 6.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridge: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Iowa Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SW 215° | 647 m | 12.3 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 328° | 624.84 m | 16.2 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 337° | 601 m | 12.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 350° | 595 m | 16.0 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 224° | 584 m | 22.9 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NW 322° | 569 m | 10.7 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | NW 305° | 563 m | 7.7 mi |
| The Hellican | N 355° | 562 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12282174892
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