Grant County History Museum
Grant County History Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 331 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 11 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 331 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 18.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 20.3 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 22 mi
- Shiras Point · 22 mi
- River Viewing Point · 22 mi
- Crows Nest · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Courthouse Square: 0.1 mi
- Ryland Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Baus Park: 0.5 mi
- Grant County Fairgrounds: 0.6 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 9.3 mi
- Cow: 19.7 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 23.6 mi
- Portal: 23.6 mi
- Ram: 23.6 mi
- Borah Creek Prairie: 6.3 mi
- Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area: 15.1 mi
- REM Castle Rock Creek: 16.3 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 16.4 mi
- Nelson Dewey State Park: 17.8 mi
- Old Rock Church: 12.8 mi
- Anderson Mills & The Dinky Railroad: 14.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Woodman & the Dinky railroad: 17.3 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 18.4 mi
- Pine Knob: 14.4 mi
- Pine Knob: 15.5 mi
- Platte Mounds: 16.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum: 9.9 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 10.0 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 10.9 mi
- ABA National Brewery Museum: 11.8 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 14.4 mi
- Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- The Grotto: 16.3 mi
- Platte Mound M: 16.4 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 18.4 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 20.1 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 5.4 mi
- Sinnipee: 19.0 mi
- Big Spring: 20.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 24.3 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 23.0 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 24.6 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 10.9 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 23.1 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grant County History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | ESE 111° | 435 m | 16.4 mi |
| Belmont Mound | ESE 106° | 427 m | 19.0 mi |
| Little Mound | ESE 110° | 389 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | SSW 195° | 374 m | 17.4 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | SW 216° | 355 m | 17.8 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | SSE 159° | 353 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sundown Mountain | SSW 194° | 348 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mondell Hill | NW 306° | 347 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster 4 WSW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367811167
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 24 mi
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