General Grants Home
General Grants Home is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Presidential Pets and China, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 11 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grant View Park: 0.2 mi
- Depot Park: 0.3 mi
- Galena Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Recreation Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Cemetery Park: 0.6 mi
- Jackson County Freedom Rock: 10.4 mi
- Young Corn: 10.5 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 10.7 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 3.4 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 6.4 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 7.4 mi
- General Store: 0.0 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 0.3 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 3.1 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.4 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 0.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Presidential Pets and China: 0.0 mi
- Washburne House State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Old Market House: 0.3 mi
- Dowling House: 0.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 1.5 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 1.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.5 mi
- Scales Mound: 8.7 mi
- Wenzel Mound: 9.6 mi
- Hosta Garden: 0.0 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 11.5 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 13.6 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 17.1 mi
- Marsden Well: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Spring: 13.4 mi
- Cleary Spring: 16.8 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 19.1 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 3.7 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 23.0 mi
- South Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.4 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.2 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.4 mi
- Pavilion: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of General Grants Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 2° | 435 m | 24.4 mi |
| Little Mound | N 4° | 389 m | 24.3 mi |
| White Hill | NE 48° | 381 m | 13.5 mi |
| Charles Mound | NE 56° | 374 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 305° | 374 m | 23.3 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 93° | 367 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Sumner | ENE 75° | 357 m | 14.9 mi |
| Scales Mound | ENE 64° | 356 m | 8.7 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000322OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Grant, Ulysses S., House, reference 66000322, listed 10/15/66.
OpenStreetMap element way/118366777
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 14 mi
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