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Bowyer Bluff

Bowyer Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Bowyer Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 220 m. 595 stands 181 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyers Bluff, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Door County Coastal Byway passes 9.2 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
220 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.41998, -86.93595

106 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
Museums: 17
  • Jens Jacobson's Cabin: 1.0 mi
  • Jacobson's Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Thorstein Veblen Study Cabin: 1.0 mi
  • Washington Island Farm Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Door County Maritime Museum: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Anderson Store and Dock: 21.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Island Memorial: 21.4 mi
  • Anchor from schooner Oak Leaf: 22.7 mi
  • Delta County Veterans Memorial: 22.9 mi
  • Livery Stable Site: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Cliffs: 6
Peaks: 3
  • 595: 23.4 mi
  • 591: 23.9 mi
  • 595: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pottawatomie Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Island Clipper (aka Voight's Marine Service): 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Peninsula Point Recreation Area: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
595SW 223°181 m23.4 mi
595SW 222°181 m24.1 mi
591SW 223°180 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:00
June solstice05:0019:5520:40
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2515:1816:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F181928395060666659473626
Precip in1.61.11.72.93.03.12.83.03.23.62.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington IS, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353891781

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