Museum · Iowa
Heritage Museum
Heritage Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 363 m. Pilot Knob stands 443 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 103 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Buffalo Center Historical Society
How to reach it
Coordinates43.38514, -93.94906
- 102.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Florence Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Quam Wildlife Area: 5.3 mi
- Luke Rossiter Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Gruis Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Grant Township Wildlife Area: 8.7 mi
Parks: 30
- South Park: 0.2 mi
- Post Office Park: 0.3 mi
- Lions Park: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo Center Municipal Swimming Pool: 0.5 mi
- Copp Prairie Waterfowl Production Area: 6.7 mi
Museums: 7
- Holtan Farm Museum: 16.5 mi
- Mansion Museum: 17.6 mi
- Wakefield House Museum: 19.0 mi
- Etta C Ross Museum: 19.0 mi
- Hobo Museum: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
- MIA-POW Display: 11.0 mi
- World's Largest Bullhead: 13.6 mi
- Heritage Park: 18.6 mi
- Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 20.9 mi
- Britt Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Homedahl: 10.0 mi
- Clayton: 14.6 mi
- Sexton: 22.0 mi
- Plum Creek: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 1
- Jolly Green Giant: 19.8 mi
Peaks: 1
- Pilot Knob: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- Lone Rock: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | ESE 115° | 443 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:51 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:17 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:57 | 16:43 |
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 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forest City 2 NNE, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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