diff --git a/observations/models.py b/observations/models.py
index 5969a74..b5d936a 100644
--- a/observations/models.py
+++ b/observations/models.py
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ def _observed_as_string(self):
         return ", ".join([
             test.parameter.name for test in self.parameters.all()])
 
+    def get_timestamp(self):
+        """Return the most useful timestamp."""
+        return self.reference_timestamp or self.created_timestamp
+
+    def get_location(self):
+        """Return a nice location name."""
+        return self.location_reference or "{0:0.2f}, {1:0.2f}".format(
+            self.location.x, self.location.y)
+
 
 class TestValue(models.Model):
     """A Test, as measured during a Measurement, resulting in a Value."""
diff --git a/openwater/templates/home.html b/openwater/templates/home.html
index d5bfc19..be8baa4 100644
--- a/openwater/templates/home.html
+++ b/openwater/templates/home.html
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ <h5>{{ entry.title }}</h5>
         </div>
     </div><!--/span-->
     <div class="span4">
+        <div class="well">
+            <h4>Latest measurements</h4>
+            <ul>
+            {% for m in measurement_list %}
+            <li><a href="{% url "observations-detail" m.id %}">
+                {{ m.get_timestamp|date }} &mdash; {{ m.get_location }}</a>
+            </li>
+            {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+        </div>
         <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/H2OReally" data-widget-id="379269796728025088">Tweets</a>
         <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>
     </div>
diff --git a/openwater/views.py b/openwater/views.py
index d630e30..3fa285f 100644
--- a/openwater/views.py
+++ b/openwater/views.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 
 from diario.models import Entry
+from observations.models import Measurement
 
 
 class HomePageView(TemplateView):
@@ -13,4 +14,5 @@ class HomePageView(TemplateView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super(HomePageView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context['entry_list'] = Entry.objects.all()[:3]
+        context['measurement_list'] = Measurement.objects.order_by('-created_timestamp')[:5]
         return context