“Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture
“Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is North Quad, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 1.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
sculpture Monument located at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa
Wikidata Q131857048, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 21.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Viewing Point · 4 mi
- Shiras Point · 4 mi
- Allison Point · 4 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Quad: 0.0 mi
- Wallace Common: 0.1 mi
- Allison-Henderson Park: 0.3 mi
- Cancer Survivor Park: 0.5 mi
- Flora Park: 0.6 mi
- Ram: 0.5 mi
- The Inevitability of Land: 1.1 mi
- Healing Waters: 1.1 mi
- Each One, Teach One, Two Learn: 1.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 5.1 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 1.6 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 1.7 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 1.7 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Ham House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 1.2 mi
- William M. Black: 1.6 mi
- Tavern: 1.6 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 1.6 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 1.9 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 0.1 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 1.3 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 2.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Centenial Cross: 3.7 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 7.9 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 9.1 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 14.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 1.5 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 5.2 mi
- Hosta Garden: 15.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 21.9 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 3.7 mi
- South Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Sinnipee: 5.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 23.8 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 13.7 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 18.6 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 4.1 mi
- Marsden Well: 15.3 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 38° | 435 m | 23.4 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 40° | 389 m | 23.9 mi |
| White Hill | E 83° | 381 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 324° | 374 m | 9.1 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 89° | 374 m | 23.1 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 96° | 356 m | 21.6 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 311° | 355 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | ENE 76° | 353 m | 7.9 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 | 20:44 |
| 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12511813468
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 1 mi
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