- Elevation, modelled
- 196 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 24.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Grant Wood Scenic Byway10.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:43local time
- Coordinates
- 42.4105, -90.4271
Washburne House State Historic Site is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled 196 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Belvedere Mansion and Gardens, a museum 0.1 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
Galena, Illinois, on the National Register of Historic Places
Wikidata Q5360845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1844
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Washburne House State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 3° | 435 m | 24.4 mi |
| Little Mound | N 4° | 389 m | 24.4 mi |
| White Hill | NE 48° | 381 m | 13.6 mi |
| Charles Mound | NE 56° | 374 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 306° | 374 m | 23.2 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 93° | 367 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Sumner | ENE 75° | 357 m | 15.0 mi |
| Scales Mound | ENE 64° | 356 m | 8.8 mi |
- 10.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- On the Great River RoadNational
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 11 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
103 named places within 25 miles
- Julia Dent Grant: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- General Store: 0.2 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 0.3 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 3.0 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.6 mi
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 0.1 mi
- General Grants Home: 0.1 mi
- Presidential Pets and China: 0.2 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum: 0.3 mi
- Old Market House: 0.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 1.6 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 1.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.5 mi
- Scales Mound: 8.8 mi
- Wenzel Mound: 9.8 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 3.9 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 23.0 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.3 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.3 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
- National Register of Historic Places — Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, House, reference 73000708, listed 07/05/73.
- OpenStreetMap record
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 73000708
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