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“Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture

“Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture from directly overhead

“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

Coordinates42.49844, -90.69292

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Artworks: 51
  • 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
Nature reserves: 35
  • 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
Attractions: 24
Historic sites: 22
Peaks: 18
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Marsden Well: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platte MoundsNE 38°435 m23.4 mi
Little MoundNE 40°389 m23.9 mi
White HillE 83°381 m23.8 mi
Sherrill MoundNW 324°374 m9.1 mi
Charles MoundE 89°374 m23.1 mi
Scales MoundE 96°356 m21.6 mi
Balltown RidgeNW 311°355 m14.8 mi
Sinsinawa MoundENE 76°353 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:2620:0220:44
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3015:4816:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192335486070747265523825
Precip in1.31.42.13.84.45.65.33.83.93.12.41.7

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12511813468

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