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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.

Mount Hosmer
Highest point
Elevation	1,040 ft (320 m)
Coordinates	43°21′59″N 91°13′20″W
Geography
Location	Allamakee County, Iowa, United States
Climbing
Easiest route	Road entrance

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. [1]

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  View from Mt. Hosmer

Notes

See also

• Pikes Peak, a similar park atop a bluff in Clayton County

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