Portal
Portal is an artwork in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 261 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the north, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
PORTAL © 1987 Robert Curtis Commissioned Under The Wisconsin Arts Board's Percent For Art Program
What the record says
- Built
- 1987
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Clock Tower Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Knapp Park: 0.3 mi
- Cedar-Rama Park: 0.3 mi
- Wilson Park: 0.3 mi
- Harvey Hill: 0.2 mi
- Brewery Hill: 0.5 mi
- Tower Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hospital Hill: 0.6 mi
- Grove Hill: 0.8 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 2.0 mi
- Menomonie Town Forest: 2.5 mi
- Lake Menomin Fishery Area: 4.2 mi
- Muddy Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 8.9 mi
- Bjornson Education & Recreation Center: 8.9 mi
- Wilson Place Museum: 0.6 mi
- Dunn County Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Downsville Community Museum: 6.8 mi
- Woodhouse Family House: 10.2 mi
- Bell Monument: 0.1 mi
- Dunn County Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Chippewa Valley White Pine Historic Marker: 2.5 mi
- World War I Historic Marker: 2.6 mi
- Dunnville Sandstone: 10.3 mi
- Gateway: 0.0 mi
- Borderline: 0.1 mi
- Sentinel: 0.1 mi
- What You See Is What You Get: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Spire: 0.1 mi
- Old Tyrone: 11.8 mi
- Welch Point: 12.5 mi
- Porter's Mills: 19.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.0 mi
- Nelsonville: 23.2 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 0.1 mi
- UW-Sprout: 0.6 mi
- Dunn County Jail Garden: 2.4 mi
- Friendship Garden: 13.0 mi
- Forest Street Garden: 21.0 mi
- Echo Rock: 1.3 mi
- Yellow Bank: 14.2 mi
- 3rd Street Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- Limekiln Bluff: 20.7 mi
- brewery nønic: 0.3 mi
- Interpretive Center: 15.5 mi
- Crystal Cave: 16.2 mi
- Menomonie Eastbound Rest Area 61: 2.5 mi
- Menomonie Westbound Rest Area 62: 2.6 mi
- Wayside 46-07: 14.7 mi
- Tripp Falls: 1.6 mi
- Wakanda Beach: 1.8 mi
- Beckey Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Portal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otteson Bluff | N 8° | 383 m | 6.5 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | SW 232° | 372 m | 13.8 mi |
| Elk Mound | E 88° | 368 m | 11.7 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | SSW 212° | 354 m | 17.0 mi |
| Panther Hill | ENE 76° | 350 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ganoe Hill | SSW 200° | 350 m | 20.7 mi |
| Waubeek Mound | S 187° | 349 m | 13.2 mi |
| Gates Hill | SSW 205° | 345 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:13 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menomonie, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6770840661
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