Witches Gulch
Witches Gulch is an attraction in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south, 20 miles off. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Access by tour boat customers only.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Indiana Avenue Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Jenkin's Park: 3.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 3.4 mi
- Hulbert Creek Woods State Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Bowman Park: 3.7 mi
- Witches Gulch: 0.2 mi
- The SkyScraper: 3.4 mi
- Dells Ghost Boat: 3.5 mi
- #FYP Totally 80's: 3.5 mi
- Pontiac Fiero Ranch: 3.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 0.8 mi
- Fox Point: 2.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 5.4 mi
- Grubb Hill: 6.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 8.0 mi
- Louie Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Rogge Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Coon Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Swandas Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Moran Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Wisconsin Dells: 3.5 mi
- Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 5.0 mi
- Hop Raising: 5.8 mi
- Aldo Leopold Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 2.4 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 3.5 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 3.5 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 3.6 mi
- Dells Country Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Dell Prairie: 4.0 mi
- Moe Settlement: 7.2 mi
- New Chester: 15.0 mi
- Quincy: 16.0 mi
- Adams Center: 16.6 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 3.8 mi
- CCC Worker: 18.9 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 21.3 mi
- Forevertron: 21.6 mi
- Time Keeper: 21.7 mi
- North Shore Beach: 17.5 mi
- Boating Beach: 18.1 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 18.3 mi
- Swimming Beach: 18.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 18.7 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 9.2 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 10.3 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 23.1 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 23.6 mi
- Highway 13 & 21 Wayside: 24.0 mi
- Rock Springs: 14.7 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 18.4 mi
- Secret Garden: 14.9 mi
- Knot Garden: 14.9 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 15.2 mi
- Skillet Falls: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Witches Gulch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | S 190° | 451 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sauk Point | SSE 158° | 449 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sauk Hill | S 175° | 445 m | 19.1 mi |
| Maple Hill | SSW 197° | 424 m | 20.2 mi |
| Johnson Hill | WNW 292° | 411 m | 23.3 mi |
| Daylight Hill | W 280° | 396 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SE 132° | 388 m | 18.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 270° | 384 m | 14.3 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4852671321
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