Grant County Rest Area 106
Grant County Rest Area 106 is a rest area in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiawatha Playground, a park 1.3 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 20.6 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
- 30.0 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Viewing Point · 2 mi
- Shiras Point · 2 mi
- Allison Point · 2 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hiawatha Playground: 1.3 mi
- Miller Riverview Park: 1.4 mi
- A.Y. McDonald Park: 1.4 mi
- Gerald McAleece Park & Recreation Complex: 1.5 mi
- Dunleith Park: 1.8 mi
- Continuum: 2.5 mi
- Leaf Skeleton: 2.5 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 2.5 mi
- An Ode to the River: 2.5 mi
- Resilient: 2.5 mi
- Heritage Marsh Wildlife Area: 5.3 mi
- Pohlman Prairie: 7.2 mi
- Interstate Power Company Forest Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Swiss Valley Nature Preserve: 10.3 mi
- L.C. Strathman Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Shiras Memorial Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Point Park: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Statue: 2.1 mi
- Dunleith Aquatic Center: 1.7 mi
- Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction: 2.5 mi
- Riverwalk Pier: 2.6 mi
- Towboat Logsdon: 2.7 mi
- Tavern: 2.8 mi
- Ham House Museum: 1.8 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame: 2.7 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center: 2.7 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: 2.7 mi
- E B Lyons Nature Center: 4.8 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 3.8 mi
- Centenial Cross: 6.5 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 10.9 mi
- Dygerts Mound: 13.9 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 2.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 9.2 mi
- Hosta Garden: 12.4 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 20.9 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 4.0 mi
- South Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 12.3 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 15.8 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 24.1 mi
- Sinnipee: 4.3 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 23.7 mi
- Marsden Well: 12.7 mi
- Bellevue Beach: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grant County Rest Area 106. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NNE 33° | 435 m | 20.0 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NE 38° | 427 m | 22.0 mi |
| Little Mound | NE 35° | 389 m | 20.4 mi |
| White Hill | E 85° | 381 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WNW 303° | 374 m | 10.9 mi |
| Charles Mound | E 93° | 374 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Sumner | E 98° | 357 m | 24.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | ESE 101° | 356 m | 18.0 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 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/608792431
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