Museum of Natural History
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Museum of Natural History is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 211 m. Mount Trashmore stands 289 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Herky, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. The museum was founded in 1858 by instruction of the Iowa General Assembly as the Cabinet of Natural History. It is housed within Macbride Hall, located in the Pentacrest area of the university campus. The museum's collections contain around 140,000 objects, including approximately 31,000 birds, eggs, and nests, 5,000 mammal specimens, 41,000 insects, 44,000 other invertebrates, 6,000 archaeological specimens, and historical documents and images from the museum's history. The museum includes several galleries on Iowa's geological and cultural history, biological diversity, and environmental science, spanning four floors. Major research collections include the Kallam Collection of prehistoric stone tools, the Talbot and Jones Bird Collections, the Frank Russell Collection of Inuit and Native Arctic artifacts, and the Philippine Collection of ethnographic materials from the 1904 World's Fair.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7895563, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 211 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 18.6 mi off the Iowa Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Trashmore Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hubbard Park: 0.2 mi
- Black Hawk Mini Park: 0.2 mi
- Madison Street Plaza (Maddy Patty): 0.2 mi
- Seashore Green: 0.2 mi
- Gibson Square: 0.3 mi
- Longfellow Nature Trail: 1.3 mi
- Shimek Ravine: 1.3 mi
- Pappy Dickens Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Mesquakie Park: 2.4 mi
- Harvest Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Brain: 0.1 mi
- Coexist: 0.2 mi
- Weatherdance Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Prairie Breeze Bench: 1.7 mi
- From the River: 1.8 mi
- Old Capitol Museum: 0.1 mi
- Old Capitol: 0.1 mi
- Stanley Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Iowa Children's Museum: 3.9 mi
- Presidential Library and Museum: 9.7 mi
- Iowa City Pedestrian Mall: 0.2 mi
- World’s Largest Wooden Nickel: 2.4 mi
- Colony Acres: 5.7 mi
- Tallgrass Prairie Observation Deck: 9.5 mi
- Hayhurst House: 9.7 mi
- Herky: 0.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Iowa Firefighters Memorial: 2.6 mi
- President and Mrs. Hoover Gravesite: 9.5 mi
- Jesse and Hulda Hoover: 9.6 mi
- Raptor Ridge Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Boy Scout Picnic Shelter: 9.6 mi
- East Picnic Shelter: 9.6 mi
- Hickory Hill Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Table and Grill: 23.4 mi
- I-380 Southbound Cedar Rapids Rest Stop: 15.8 mi
- I-380 Northbound Cedar Rapids Rest Stop: 15.8 mi
- I-80 EB (trucks only): 23.2 mi
- I-80 WB (trucks only): 23.2 mi
- I-80 WB: 24.9 mi
- Cremation Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sinclair Park Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Andreas garden: 24.3 mi
- Perkl: 4.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 8.7 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 21.5 mi
- Midway: 5.8 mi
- Ivanhoe: 15.7 mi
- Hinkletown: 24.7 mi
- Sugar Bottom Campground Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sugar Bottom Day Use Beach: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum of Natural History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | NNW 344° | 289 m | 21.5 mi |
| Perkl | NNW 334° | 257 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sand Hill | WNW 282° | 244 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:03 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 27 | 40 | 51 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iowa City Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367089405
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