- Elevation, modelled
- 285 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 17.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road3.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:43local time
- Coordinates
- 42.5077, -90.4365
Point of Beginning Historic Marker is a park in Illinois, at a modelled 285 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Recreation park, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 3.9 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point of Beginning Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | N 5° | 435 m | 17.8 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NNE 14° | 427 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Mound | N 8° | 389 m | 17.7 mi |
| White Hill | ENE 77° | 381 m | 10.8 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 91° | 374 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WNW 290° | 374 m | 19.6 mi |
| Benton Mound | ESE 111° | 367 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Sumner | E 100° | 357 m | 15.2 mi |
- 3.9 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 17.2 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Horseshoe Bluff · 11 mi
- River Viewing Point · 11 mi
- Shiras Point · 11 mi
- Allison Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Recreation park: 1.3 mi
- Swift Park: 4.8 mi
- Milton B. Wiseman Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Benton Village Park: 5.1 mi
- J Dubuque Monument: 5.2 mi
- Leaf Skeleton: 11.2 mi
- Continuum: 11.2 mi
- Resilient: 11.5 mi
- Mark Twain Statue: 11.5 mi
- Paddlewheel: 11.5 mi
- Horseshoe Mound Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Winston Tunnel State Natural Area: 12.2 mi
- Tapley Woods Conservation Area: 12.6 mi
- Rice Algific Slope: 13.0 mi
- Henry W. Miller House: 4.3 mi
- Saint Augustine Church: 5.5 mi
- Galena Trolley Tours: 6.5 mi
- Linmar Gardens: 6.5 mi
- General Store: 6.7 mi
- Dowling House: 6.3 mi
- Old Market House: 6.4 mi
- Galena & U.S. Grant Museum: 6.4 mi
- Chicago Athenaeum: 6.6 mi
- General Grants Home: 6.7 mi
- Julia Dent Grant: 6.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Wisconsin Lead Region: 9.9 mi
- Old Chicago Stageroad: 10.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 5.5 mi
- Horseshoe Mound: 7.4 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 8.1 mi
- Scales Mound: 8.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 9.2 mi
- Hosta Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 11.6 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 17.6 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 17.6 mi
- Marsden Well: 6.7 mi
- Cleary Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cedar Spring: 19.3 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 23.4 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 8.5 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 17.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 11.9 mi
- South Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 9.3 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 12.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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, 8 mi away.
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