Eagle Point Park

Eagle Point Park is a 164-acre public park located in the northeast corner of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Eagle Point is mostly situated on a bluff that overlooks the Mississippi River and the Lock and Dam No. 11.

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Type: Park
Description: park in Dubuque, Dubuque County, United States of America
Also known as: “Eagle Point Park Historic District”
Address: 2601 Shiras Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lock and Dam 11 and Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge.

Lock and Dam 11

Dam

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General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11 is a lock and dam located between Dubuque, Iowa, and rural Grant County, Wisconsin, on the Upper Mississippi River. It was opened to navigation September 14, 1937.

Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge

Bridge

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The Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge is a steel Tied-arch automobile bridge connecting Dubuque, Iowa, with still largely rural Grant County, Wisconsin, over the Mississippi River. Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge is situated 1½ miles southeast of Eagle Point Park.

Dubuque City Hall

Town hall

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Dubuque City Hall is located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. The building was designed by J.N. Moody after Faneuil Hall in Boston and the Fulton Street Market in New York City. Dubuque City Hall is situated 2½ miles south of Eagle Point Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rutledge and Sandy Hook.

Rutledge

Hamlet

Rutledge is an unincorporated community located in the town of Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Sandy Hook

Hamlet

Sandy Hook is a census-designated place in the town of Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 293 as of the 2020 census, up from 185 at the 2010 census. Sandy Hook is situated 2 miles east of Eagle Point Park.

Dubuque

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Dubuque, founded in 1833, is the oldest city in Iowa. A port on the upper Mississippi River, it is situated along scenic bluffs facing the river, and has its roots in a mining and trading settlement established in the area by Quebec-born entrepreneur Julien Dubuque in 1788.

Eagle Point Park

Categories: heritage site, recreation area, and historic site
Location: Dubuque, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.53746° or 42° 32′ 15″ north

Longitude

-90.65065° or 90° 39′ 2″ west

Elevation

778 feet (237 metres)

Inception

1908

Operator

City of Dubuque

Open location code

86JFG8PX+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33762294

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4854772

Wikidata ID

Q5325205

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In Other Languages

“Eagle Point Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Eagle Point Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Iowa, Dubuque County)”
Cebuano: “Eagle Point Park”

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