Silver Lake Beach
Silver Lake Beach is a beach in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Star Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
Wikidata Q49324771, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 243 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Star Park: 0.4 mi
- Goodyear Park: 0.6 mi
- Woodridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Sanborn Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.9 mi
- Whooping Crane: 14.2 mi
- Fly High Helicopter Tours: 15.2 mi
- Elephant Rock: 15.4 mi
- Lost World Cosmic Go-Karts: 15.4 mi
- Horse Drawn Wagon Rides: 15.6 mi
- Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 1.0 mi
- Marquette: 1.9 mi
- Fort Winnebago: 2.0 mi
- Aldo Leopold Memorial: 8.4 mi
- The Lower Narrows: 8.7 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Townhall Hill: 5.6 mi
- Observatory Hill: 12.4 mi
- Sauk Point: 12.6 mi
- Owls Head Hill: 12.7 mi
- Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Leopold Center: 8.4 mi
- Poynette Area Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Conservation Museum: 11.8 mi
- Logging Museum: 11.9 mi
- Saint Lawrence Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Whites Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Allen Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 13.5 mi
- CCC Worker: 15.4 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 16.4 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 18.1 mi
- Lion: 18.1 mi
- Time Keeper: 18.6 mi
- Okee Beach: 14.2 mi
- North Shore Beach: 15.6 mi
- South Shore Beach: 16.1 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 23.0 mi
- Moe Settlement: 11.8 mi
- Dell Prairie: 14.5 mi
- New Chester: 22.9 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 8.4 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 8.8 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 16.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 22.8 mi
- Knot Garden: 16.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 17.0 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Skillet Falls: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Lake Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | WSW 241° | 451 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sauk Point | SW 228° | 449 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SW 234° | 445 m | 17.7 mi |
| Maple Hill | WSW 244° | 424 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SSW 210° | 388 m | 4.7 mi |
| Townhall Hill | SSW 209° | 380 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | WNW 284° | 366 m | 20.7 mi |
| Grubb Hill | WNW 289° | 354 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portage Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354530907
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