Grout Museum of History and Science
Grout Museum of History and Science is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. The nearest named place is Washington Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 66 miles off.
The story
The Grout Museum District is a set of museums in Waterloo, Iowa. Named after Henry W. Grout, the district consists of the Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Snowden House and the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1934-10.
Wikidata Q5611343, matched on coordinates and name (72 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 65.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Park: 0.1 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Park: 0.3 mi
- RiverLoop: 0.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.5 mi
- Wiggly Field Dog Park: 0.5 mi
- Greenbelt Lake: 2.5 mi
- Castle Bluff Park: 2.6 mi
- Casebeer Heights Access: 4.6 mi
- Robinson Bird Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Katoski Greenbelt: 5.8 mi
- Eeki Eeki Escape: 4.0 mi
- Awaati Battle: 4.0 mi
- Kukui Station: 4.1 mi
- Akua Maze: 4.1 mi
- Wakani Whirl: 4.1 mi
- Rensselaer Russell House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Russell Rensselaer House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Dan Gable Wrestling Museum: 0.3 mi
- National Wrestling Hall Of Fame: 0.3 mi
- Phelps Youth Pavillion: 0.4 mi
- 4th Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- People's Garden: 0.9 mi
- EMBARC Garden: 1.0 mi
- NEIFB Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Master Gardener's Orchard: 4.5 mi
- Leo P. Rooff Memorial: 0.1 mi
- POW Memorial: 0.3 mi
- USS Frank E. Evans D7540: 0.3 mi
- OVERMAN PARK: 6.1 mi
- Statue Of Liberty Replica: 0.3 mi
- Dancing St. Francis: 17.7 mi
- 325th Street: 19.4 mi
- Siegel: 23.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:54 | 16:40 |
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 | 24 | 37 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterloo Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/577487083
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