E B Lyons Nature Center
E B Lyons Nature Center is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is E B Lyons Prairie and Woodland Preserve, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
state park in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States
Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q14689251, matched on coordinates and name (327 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 241 m
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 18.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 1 mi
- River Viewing Point · 5 mi
- Shiras Point · 5 mi
- Allison Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- E B Lyons Prairie and Woodland Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Softball Complex: 1.0 mi
- Mines of Spain - Riprow Valley: 1.0 mi
- Granger Creek Nature Trail: 1.2 mi
- Key West Community Park: 1.2 mi
- Precontact: 2.1 mi
- T.J.M. Still Life: 2.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 2.4 mi
- Nosce Te Ipsum: 2.4 mi
- Take Me Out to The Ball Game: 2.4 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 7.0 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 8.2 mi
- NICC Outdoor Learning Lab: 9.3 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.5 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.5 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.6 mi
- Ham House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum: 12.2 mi
- Zebulon Pike Monument: 1.1 mi
- Julien Dubuque Monument: 1.1 mi
- Centenial Cross: 1.9 mi
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 2.7 mi
- UD Spartan Statue: 3.0 mi
- Ampitheater: 1.5 mi
- William M. Black: 2.5 mi
- Tavern: 2.5 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 2.5 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 2.5 mi
- Centenial Cross: 1.9 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 7.6 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 12.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 13.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.6 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 5.6 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Hosta Garden: 12.7 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 2.5 mi
- South Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Marsden Well: 13.1 mi
- Cedar Spring: 24.9 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 16.3 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 16.4 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 4.8 mi
- Sinnipee: 8.0 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of E B Lyons Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NNE 32° | 435 m | 24.8 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 75° | 381 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 326° | 374 m | 12.2 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 82° | 374 m | 21.8 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 88° | 356 m | 20.0 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 314° | 355 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hudson Mound | E 87° | 354 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | NE 54° | 353 m | 7.6 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 | 20:01 | 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–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/163534612
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- Dubuque · 3 mi
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