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Plymouth County Museum

Plymouth County Museum from directly overhead

Plymouth County Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 376 m. Dakota Point stands 394 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Loess Hills Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The story

high school in Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa

Wikidata Q27958524, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
376 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78888, -96.16836

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foster Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bolser Park: 0.5 mi
  • Walnut Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cleveland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 22
  • HIghway 75 Wetland County Land: 4.7 mi
  • O'Brien Prairie County Land: 8.5 mi
  • Kohler Memorial Grassland County Land: 9.8 mi
  • Floyd River Wildlife Complex C: 10.4 mi
  • Nassau Wildlife Area: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Kiddie Barn: 0.8 mi
  • Visitor Center: 15.6 mi
  • Old Town: 21.6 mi
  • Train: 21.6 mi
  • Calliope Village: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 3
  • The Gift: 20.3 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue: 22.5 mi
  • This Is Sioux CIty: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Dakota Point: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plymouth County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dakota PointSW 224°394 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0019:37
June solstice05:4720:2421:07
September equinox07:1318:4719:24
December solstice07:5316:0816:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172235475970737163503522
Precip in0.70.91.83.13.94.63.13.93.12.41.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LE Mars, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element node/367089678

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