Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone
Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 355 m. Sherrill Mound stands 374 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Luxemburg City Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 6.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Liberation of Luxembourg in WW2, copy of memorial stone
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.5 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 16.0 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 22 mi
- Shiras Point · 22 mi
- River Viewing Point · 22 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Luxemburg City Park: 0.4 mi
- Holy Cross City Park: 4.0 mi
- New Vienna City Park: 4.2 mi
- Colesburg Roadside Park: 6.2 mi
- Colesburg City Park: 7.2 mi
- Ram: 20.4 mi
- The Inevitability of Land: 21.4 mi
- Each One, Teach One, Two Learn: 21.6 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 21.6 mi
- Portal: 21.6 mi
- New Wine Park: 5.8 mi
- Bankston Park: 6.9 mi
- Merritt Forest State Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Turkey River Mounds State Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge - Pine Creek Unit: 8.9 mi
- Heritage House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Dyer-Botsford Victorian House and Doll Museum: 8.4 mi
- Cassville Farmall Museum: 8.9 mi
- National Farm Toy Museum: 9.2 mi
- Stonefield Historic Site: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 12.8 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 20.6 mi
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture: 20.7 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 21.8 mi
- Field of Dreams: 7.2 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 12.6 mi
- Manchester Fish Hatchery: 19.0 mi
- M101: 20.9 mi
- Boxcar: 21.3 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 6.5 mi
- Hefel Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 8.6 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 14.0 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Elkport: 14.1 mi
- Littleport: 18.3 mi
- York: 18.9 mi
- Hartwick: 19.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 20.7 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 18.5 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 18.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 22.1 mi
- Big Spring: 14.5 mi
- Richmond Spring: 24.7 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 22.0 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 23.9 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrill Mound | E 89° | 374 m | 14.0 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | ENE 73° | 355 m | 8.6 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | NW 308° | 355 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sundown Mountain | ESE 114° | 348 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wolf Hill | W 268° | 339 m | 23.5 mi |
| Centenial Cross | ESE 119° | 313 m | 22.1 mi |
| Hefel Ridge | NE 42° | 281 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sugar Loaf | ENE 63° | 241 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guttenberg L&D 10, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9983837171
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 22 mi
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