Kellow House - Howard County Museum
Kellow House - Howard County Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 397 m. Steamboat Rock stands 350 m to the south-southeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard County Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
historic house in Iowa, United States
Dates from 1880s.
Wikidata Q24256854, matched on coordinates and name (323 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Shooting Star Wildflower and Historic Route Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Preston Overlook · 21 mi
- Bench · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kessel Park: 0.3 mi
- Balk Park: 0.4 mi
- Freedom Rock Park: 0.5 mi
- Beadle Park: 0.5 mi
- Evans Park: 0.9 mi
- Murray Wildlife Area: 2.2 mi
- Turkey Bend Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
- Turkey River Access: 3.0 mi
- Martinek Wildlife Area: 3.5 mi
- Cleghorn Wildlife Area: 3.9 mi
- Howard County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Howard County Log Cabin Museum: 0.6 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum: 14.0 mi
- Bily Clocks Museum: 14.9 mi
- Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum: 17.4 mi
- I Am Wood: 16.6 mi
- 3-D Life Tree: 16.6 mi
- Luther Bell: 16.6 mi
- Oedipus and Antigone: 16.6 mi
- Martin Luther at Worms: 16.7 mi
- Niagara Cave: 10.0 mi
- Niagara Cave: 10.0 mi
- Monster Bash Inc: 13.5 mi
- Preston Veteran's Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Elliota: 12.5 mi
- Conover: 16.0 mi
- Forestville: 19.9 mi
- Clear Grit: 23.3 mi
- Cold Water Spring: 9.5 mi
- Malanaphy Springs: 14.6 mi
- Big Spring: 16.4 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 2.7 mi
- State Line Wayside: 15.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kellow House - Howard County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Rock | SSE 164° | 350 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:49 | 16:36 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cresco 1 NE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367089591
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