Washburne House State Historic Site
Washburne House State Historic Site is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 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. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Galena, Illinois, on the National Register of Historic Places
Wikidata Q5360845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1844
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 11 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- River Viewing Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Depot Park: 0.1 mi
- Grant View Park: 0.2 mi
- Galena Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- West Street Sculpture Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Cemetery Park: 0.6 mi
- Jackson County Freedom Rock: 10.4 mi
- Young Corn: 10.4 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 10.6 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 3.3 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 6.4 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 7.3 mi
- 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
- Hosta Garden: 0.1 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 10.8 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 11.5 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 13.5 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Marsden Well: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Spring: 13.4 mi
- Cleary Spring: 17.0 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 19.2 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 3.9 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 23.0 mi
- South Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.3 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 23.3 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 12.3 mi
- Pavilion: 23.9 mi
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 |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73000708OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Washburne, Elihu Benjamin, House, reference 73000708, listed 07/05/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/436484068
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 14 mi
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