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Giant Muskie

Giant Muskie from directly overhead

Giant Muskie is an attraction in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. Meteor Hill stands 547 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Divide Highway passes 15 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

Giant muskellunge (pike, Esox masquinongy) with an observation deck in its mouth

What the record says

Material
composite

How to reach it

Coordinates46.00848, -91.47919

99 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
  • Shues Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sawyer County Fairgrounds: 2.4 mi
  • Town of Hayward Recreational Forest: 2.6 mi
  • Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Eytcheson Park: 3.0 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 6
Peaks: 5
  • County Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Smoky Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Mount Telemark: 16.2 mi
  • Crystal Mountain: 19.3 mi
  • Meteor Hill: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Hospital Road Trailhead: 1.3 mi
  • Olson Road Trailhead: 1.6 mi
  • Water's Edge Trailhead: 1.9 mi
  • Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Spooner Blows: 6.6 mi
  • Hayward Sucks: 6.6 mi
  • Spooner Cowboy: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Red Cedar Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Beaver Brook Spring: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Vegetable Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Flower Garden: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Garmisch Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Sioux Beach: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Giant Muskie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meteor HillS 170°547 m22.5 mi
Mount TelemarkNE 42°518 m16.2 mi
Smoky HillN 357°457 m15.5 mi
County HillWNW 298°425 m1.8 mi
Crystal MountainSW 231°381 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:18
June solstice05:1620:1521:01
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4615:3416:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141830435665696759463220
Precip in0.90.91.52.74.04.24.13.94.03.11.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward RS, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/984155141

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