- Elevation
- 184 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 22.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Roadon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:44local time
- Coordinates
- 42.4967, -90.6615
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded 184 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Towboat Logsdon, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
museum located in Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Dates from 2003-06-28.
Wikidata Q6974367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 2003-06-28
- Elevation
- 184 m
- Operated by
- Dubuque County Historical Society
- Step-free access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NE 35° | 435 m | 22.6 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 40° | 427 m | 24.6 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 37° | 389 m | 23.0 mi |
| White Hill | E 82° | 381 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 317° | 374 m | 10.3 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 88° | 374 m | 21.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | E 96° | 356 m | 20.0 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | NW 307° | 355 m | 16.1 mi |
- On the Great River RoadNational
- 20.4 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 3 mi
- River Viewing Point · 3 mi
- Shiras Point · 3 mi
- Allison Point · 3 mi
102 named places within 25 miles
- Multilingual Peace Pole: 0.4 mi
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 1.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture: 1.6 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 0.1 mi
- Tavern: 0.1 mi
- William M. Black: 0.1 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 0.3 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 0.4 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 0.1 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Ham House Museum: 2.5 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- ABA National Brewery Museum: 12.9 mi
- Centenial Cross: 4.0 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 6.3 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 10.3 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 14.8 mi
- Sinnipee: 5.4 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 24.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 13.7 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 17.1 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 2.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 16.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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