Grant River Recreation Area
Grant River Recreation Area is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Lake Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 186 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 22.0 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 8 mi
- Shiras Point · 8 mi
- River Viewing Point · 8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mud Lake Park: 2.2 mi
- Albrecht Acres: 5.2 mi
- Deere Dike Park: 5.4 mi
- Sherrill City Park: 5.4 mi
- Finley's Landing Park: 5.5 mi
- Ram: 9.9 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 9.9 mi
- Portal: 9.9 mi
- Owl's Moon: 10.0 mi
- America Needs a Hug: 10.0 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 6.7 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area: 12.3 mi
- ABA National Brewery Museum: 2.3 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 2.9 mi
- Ham House Museum: 8.6 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 10.7 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 10.8 mi
- The Grotto: 5.5 mi
- Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction: 7.9 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 10.7 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 10.8 mi
- Tavern: 10.8 mi
- Eagle Statue: 8.1 mi
- Eagle Point Park: 8.2 mi
- Shiras Memorial Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 9.7 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 5.9 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 10.9 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 11.7 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 13.3 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 10.7 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 14.3 mi
- Hosta Garden: 21.6 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 3.7 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 24.6 mi
- Sinnipee: 5.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 13.8 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Marsden Well: 21.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.7 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grant River Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | ENE 62° | 435 m | 16.8 mi |
| Belmont Mound | ENE 65° | 427 m | 19.6 mi |
| Little Mound | ENE 64° | 389 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WSW 239° | 374 m | 5.9 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | W 266° | 355 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sinsinawa Mound | SE 137° | 353 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sundown Mountain | SW 214° | 348 m | 11.1 mi |
| Horseshoe Mound | SE 138° | 324 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dubuque L&D 11, 8 mi away.
- Canada Goose12 obs
- purple loosestrife10 obs
- Eastern Forktail10 obs
- American White Pelican7 obs
- broadleaf arrowhead7 obs
- Western Mosquitofish7 obs
- Great Egret7 obs
- Prothonotary Warbler6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/442678433
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 10 mi
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