Museum · Iowa
Palo Alto County Historical Museum
Palo Alto County Historical Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is Victorian Museum on Main, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 375 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates43.11274, -94.67359
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Basswood County Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Watson Heritage Area: 2.8 mi
- Bluestem Meadow Wildlife Area: 2.9 mi
- Duhigg Park: 3.2 mi
- Five Island Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Parks: 55
- Harland Park: 0.2 mi
- Harrison Park: 0.7 mi
- Brown-Robins Park: 0.8 mi
- Sewell Park: 0.8 mi
- Five Island Lake City Park: 1.4 mi
Museums: 18
- Victorian Museum on Main: 0.0 mi
- House of Dolls Museum: 0.4 mi
- Cylinder Heritage Museum: 6.4 mi
- Peterson Point Historical Farmstead: 13.3 mi
- West Bend Historical Society Museum: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 5
- Wild Rose Casino and Resort: 0.6 mi
- Emmet County Nature Center: 13.7 mi
- Grotto of the Redemption: 15.4 mi
- Lone Rock: 18.9 mi
- Estherville Rock Garden: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Robert Emmet Statue: 0.3 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Sculpture: 21.5 mi
- Estherville Swinging Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Rubens: 20.1 mi
- Plum Creek: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 1
- Kossuth Lajos: 22.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:19 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emmetsburg, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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