Mount Hosmer
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Mount Hosmer rises to 320 m in Iowa. Bunker Hill stands 356 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Driftless Area Scenic Byway runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Hosmer is a bluff overlooking Lansing, Iowa. It is located directly adjacent to the Upper Mississippi River and offers a panoramic view of the river, including the Black Hawk Bridge. Mount Hosmer rises 450 feet above downtown Lansing. Accessible from Lansing, Mount Hosmer Park is a popular destination for photographers. According to a plaque inside the park, Mount Hosmer is named for Harriet Hosmer, a sculptor, who won a footrace to the summit of the hill during a steamboat layover during the 1850s.
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Wikidata Q6921333, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 320 m
How to reach it
- On the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
- 22.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cedar Point · 14 mi
- Lock and Dam 8 · 14 mi
- Reno south prairie · 15 mi
- luster Heights · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hosmer Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 0.6 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- Rush Creek State Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- City Park: 4.0 mi
- Lansing Big Lake: 2.5 mi
- Lansing Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Battle Island: 6.3 mi
- Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area: 6.4 mi
- Kains Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Battle of Bad Axe: 6.3 mi
- Patrick Joseph Lucey: 6.4 mi
- Black Hawk's Outpost: 7.7 mi
- Black Hawk and Winnebago Trails: 9.4 mi
- Black Hawk Trail Marker 2: 10.3 mi
- Museum of River History: 0.4 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 14.1 mi
- Allamakee County Historical Museum: 14.3 mi
- Villa Louis: 21.7 mi
- Fur Trade Museum: 21.7 mi
- Lawrence Hill: 4.1 mi
- Monument Rock: 16.4 mi
- Fairy Rock: 18.0 mi
- 5-Column Rock: 20.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 20.7 mi
- Winneshiek Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Fire Point: 19.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 19.1 mi
- Nezekaw Point: 19.6 mi
- Point Ann: 23.9 mi
- Little Bear Mound: 19.0 mi
- St. Feriole Island Riverfront Playground: 21.8 mi
- St. Feriole Island Play Area: 21.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 16.9 mi
- Crowley Spring: 19.0 mi
- Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 3.4 mi
- Roadside Park Reststop: 12.1 mi
- St. Feriole Island Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Pink Elephant Statue: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Hosmer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | NNE 15° | 356 m | 20.7 mi |
| Lawrence Hill | NNE 33° | 353 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mondell Hill | SSE 164° | 347 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:06 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:46 | 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 | 18 | 22 | 35 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynxville DAM 9, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10120376780
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