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Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum

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Elevation
250 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Mount Trashmore289 m · 21.1 mi
Nearest byway
Grant Wood Scenic Byway0.4 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:45local time
Coordinates
42.1125, -91.2914

Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded 250 m. Mount Trashmore stands 289 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is National Motorcycle Museum, a museum 1.4 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

former maximum security penitentiary prison, now historic place, located in the Jones County community of Anamosa, Iowa

Dates from 1875.

Wikidata Q4751216, matched on coordinates and name (171 m apart).

Elevation
250 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TrashmoreWSW 240°289 m21.1 mi
Chimney RockNE 55°258 m13.1 mi
Goose RockE 83°214 m21.4 mi

Overlooks nearby

35 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3020:0320:45
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:3115:5216:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

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