Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 428 m. Ocheyedan Mound stands 490 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnolds Park Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 428 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmony Park: 0.0 mi
- Arnolds Park: 0.1 mi
- Abbie Gardner Park: 0.2 mi
- Gull Point State Park: 0.2 mi
- Pillsbury Point State Park: 0.3 mi
- Minnewashta Access: 0.8 mi
- Pachmayr Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- WM Earl & Rachel Sykes Anspach Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
- Prairie Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Little Sioux Savanna: 4.1 mi
- Arnolds Park Public Beach: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Beach: 0.3 mi
- Gilleys Beach: 0.4 mi
- Fillenworth Beach: 0.5 mi
- Wheelers Beach: 0.8 mi
- Arnolds Park Museum: 0.0 mi
- Iowa Rock N Roll Museum: 0.0 mi
- Higgins Museum: 1.1 mi
- Clark Museum of Area History: 2.6 mi
- Dickinson County Museum: 4.2 mi
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument: 0.2 mi
- Bike Monument: 2.3 mi
- Loon Lake Cemetery: 11.3 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 15.4 mi
- Martin County Highest Point: 17.2 mi
- Jackson County Highest Point: 19.3 mi
- Ocheyedan Mound: 19.5 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 14.7 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 22.2 mi
- Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 18.8 mi
- Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 19.9 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 2.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocheyedan Mound | W 278° | 490 m | 19.5 mi |
| Jackson County Highest Point | NW 304° | 480.3 m | 19.3 mi |
| Martin County Highest Point | NE 55° | 429.8 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:55 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:22 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:01 | 16:48 |
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 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 49 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford 4 NW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367089724
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