- Elevation, modelled
- 194 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 24.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grant Wood Scenic Byway10.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:43local time
- Coordinates
- 42.4155, -90.4304
Galena & U.S. Grant Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled 194 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Galena Trolley Tours, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Dates from 1826.
Wikidata Q577903, matched on coordinates and name (269 m apart).
- Fee
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Galena & U.S. Grant Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 3° | 435 m | 24.1 mi |
| Belmont Mound | N 10° | 427 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Mound | N 5° | 389 m | 24.0 mi |
| White Hill | NE 50° | 381 m | 13.5 mi |
| Charles Mound | ENE 58° | 374 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 305° | 374 m | 22.9 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 94° | 367 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Sumner | ENE 76° | 357 m | 15.1 mi |
- 10.8 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Great River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 12 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
104 named places within 25 miles
- Galena Trolley Tours: 0.1 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 0.1 mi
- General Store: 0.5 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 2.6 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.5 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 0.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 10.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Old Market House: 0.2 mi
- Dowling House: 0.2 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum: 0.3 mi
- Washburne House State Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 1.9 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 2.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.8 mi
- Scales Mound: 8.9 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 9.5 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 4.1 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 22.6 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.7 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.6 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 13 mi
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