Ham House Museum
Ham House Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Point Park, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.5 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.1 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Viewing Point · 1 mi
- Shiras Point · 1 mi
- Allison Point · 1 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- A.Y. McDonald Park: 0.5 mi
- Lock & Dam No. 11 Park: 0.6 mi
- Eagle Valley Park: 0.8 mi
- Miller Riverview Park: 0.9 mi
- O'Leary's Lake Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- An Ode to the River: 1.9 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 1.9 mi
- Portal: 1.9 mi
- Owl's Moon: 1.9 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 1.9 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 3.4 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 5.4 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Eagle Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Shiras Memorial Pavilion: 0.5 mi
- Eagle Statue: 0.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 1.2 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 2.5 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 2.5 mi
- Tavern: 2.5 mi
- William M. Black: 2.5 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 2.6 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.5 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.5 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.5 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- ABA National Brewery Museum: 10.8 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 5.5 mi
- Centenial Cross: 6.4 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 9.1 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 15.2 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.4 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 8.3 mi
- Hosta Garden: 14.2 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 4.7 mi
- South Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Sinnipee: 3.1 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 22.3 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 11.3 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 17.7 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 1.8 mi
- Marsden Well: 14.5 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ham House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 38° | 435 m | 20.3 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 43° | 427 m | 22.5 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 40° | 389 m | 20.7 mi |
| White Hill | E 88° | 381 m | 21.5 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 304° | 374 m | 9.1 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 95° | 374 m | 21.0 mi |
| Scales Mound | ESE 103° | 356 m | 19.8 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | WNW 299° | 355 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque L&D 11, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367089875
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- Dubuque · 2 mi
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