Horseshoe Mound Preserve
Horseshoe Mound Preserve is a nature reserve in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Grant Wood Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 11 mi
- Bellevue Overlook · 11 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 13 mi
- River Viewing Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.5 mi
- Recreation Park: 1.1 mi
- Grant View Park: 1.4 mi
- Depot Park: 1.4 mi
- Jackson County Freedom Rock: 10.0 mi
- Young Corn: 10.1 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.2 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 10.2 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 10.2 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 3.2 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 4.9 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 5.6 mi
- Tapley Woods Conservation Area: 6.3 mi
- Princess Mine Algific Slope: 6.8 mi
- General Store: 1.2 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 1.5 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 4.1 mi
- Culvert Road Tunnel: 8.0 mi
- Presidential Pets and China: 1.2 mi
- General Grants Home: 1.2 mi
- Washburne House State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Belvedere Mansion and Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Old Market House: 1.5 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 10.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Bellevue War Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 0.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 0.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.2 mi
- Scales Mound: 8.0 mi
- Wenzel Mound: 8.8 mi
- Hosta Garden: 1.2 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 10.4 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 11.1 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 14.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Marsden Well: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Spring: 12.3 mi
- Cleary Spring: 16.1 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 17.9 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 2.6 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 24.0 mi
- South Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 5.0 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 22.2 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 13.6 mi
- Pavilion: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Mound Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 360° | 435 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Mound | N 2° | 389 m | 24.7 mi |
| White Hill | NE 43° | 381 m | 13.0 mi |
| Charles Mound | NE 50° | 374 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | NW 305° | 374 m | 24.5 mi |
| Benton Mound | E 91° | 367 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Sumner | ENE 72° | 357 m | 14.0 mi |
| Scales Mound | ENE 57° | 356 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1267934360
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- Dubuque · 15 mi
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