Galena & U.S. Grant Museum
Galena & U.S. Grant Museum is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 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. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Dates from 1826.
Wikidata Q577903, matched on coordinates and name (269 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 12 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Cemetery Park: 0.2 mi
- Grant View Park: 0.2 mi
- Galena Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Depot Park: 0.3 mi
- West Street Sculpture Park: 0.5 mi
- Jackson County Freedom Rock: 10.7 mi
- Young Corn: 10.8 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.9 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.9 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 11.0 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 6.8 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 7.7 mi
- 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
- Hosta Garden: 0.5 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 11.2 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 11.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 13.2 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Marsden Well: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Spring: 13.8 mi
- Cleary Spring: 17.0 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 19.5 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 4.1 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 22.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 11.1 mi
- South Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.7 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.6 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.0 mi
- Pavilion: 24.3 mi
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 |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
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 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/118415390
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 13 mi
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