Museum · Iowa
Louisa County Historical Museum
Louisa County Historical Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 173 m. The nearest named place is Millrace Flats Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 173 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates41.18402, -91.19650
- 4.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mark Twain Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Millrace Flats Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Hoover Nature Trail: 1.3 mi
- Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Wapello Bottoms Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Hwy 61 Access: 2.1 mi
- Sand Run Park: 5.8 mi
- Louisa Interpretive Center: 6.0 mi
- Cappy Russell Access: 9.4 mi
- Chinkapin Bluffs Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
Museums: 9
- Rural Free Delivery Postal Museum: 6.9 mi
- Winfield Museum: 13.2 mi
- Pearl Bottom Museum: 18.1 mi
- Zion School Museum: 18.2 mi
- Swedish Heritage Museum: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
- United States Armed Forces Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Mark Twain Overlook: 18.7 mi
- Chief Taimah Memorial Site: 22.0 mi
- Benjamin Nye Memorial: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 3
- Metal Flower: 10.9 mi
- Metal Monarch: 10.9 mi
- Tree of Life: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 1
- Monarch Garden: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- East Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Bald Bluff: 19.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Boston DAM 17, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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