Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an attraction in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Haunted Mansion, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 7-8-2023
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kevin & Corena Ricks
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Jenkin's Park: 0.2 mi
- Indiana Avenue Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
- Bowman Park: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
- Lake Delton Public Beach: 2.2 mi
- The Haunted Mansion: 0.0 mi
- Dells Ghost Boat: 0.1 mi
- Rotating Picture Display: 0.1 mi
- Krazy Mirror Maze: 0.2 mi
- Kugel Ball: 0.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 3.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 4.9 mi
- Fox Point: 5.9 mi
- Grubb Hill: 7.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 9.3 mi
- Coon Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Louie Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Rogge Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Moran Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Swandas Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Wisconsin Dells: 0.4 mi
- Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 1.6 mi
- Aldo Leopold Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Hop Raising: 8.5 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 0.3 mi
- Dells Country Historical Society: 0.5 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 1.2 mi
- North Shore Beach: 14.0 mi
- South Shore Beach: 15.3 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 16.1 mi
- Okee Beach: 21.1 mi
- Boating Beach: 21.5 mi
- Dell Prairie: 4.1 mi
- Moe Settlement: 4.4 mi
- New Chester: 17.6 mi
- Quincy: 19.4 mi
- Adams Center: 19.9 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 0.6 mi
- CCC Worker: 15.4 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 17.8 mi
- Forevertron: 18.3 mi
- Time Keeper: 18.3 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 12.1 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 13.1 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 20.1 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 20.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 11.6 mi
- Knot Garden: 11.6 mi
- Rock Springs: 12.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 15.0 mi
- Skillet Falls: 12.5 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SSW 195° | 451 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sauk Point | SSE 157° | 449 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sauk Hill | S 177° | 445 m | 15.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | SSW 203° | 424 m | 17.3 mi |
| Daylight Hill | WNW 288° | 396 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SE 126° | 388 m | 15.9 mi |
| Potato Hill | WNW 282° | 384 m | 15.6 mi |
| Friendship Mound | N 355° | 383 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1121143581
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