Clay Banks
Clay Banks is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 217 m. Mount Valhalla stands 412 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Raspberry Schoolhouse, a historic site 6.1 miles away. Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 217 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
55 named places within 25 miles
- Hillside Park: 10.4 mi
- Jake’s Island View Park: 10.7 mi
- Big Bay Sand Spit And Bog State Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Cooper Hill Park: 10.8 mi
- Korseberg Park: 11.0 mi
- Red Cliff Fish Hatchery: 6.8 mi
- Beaver Hollow Nature Area: 8.9 mi
- Fire Hill: 9.9 mi
- Big Ravine Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Forest Park: 12.2 mi
- Old Bayfield City Jail: 10.5 mi
- Bayfield Heritage Museum: 10.6 mi
- Bayfield Maritime Museum: 10.8 mi
- Madeline Island Heritage Center: 12.3 mi
- Madeline Island Museum: 12.4 mi
- Raspberry Schoolhouse: 6.1 mi
- Sand Island Light Station: 9.4 mi
- Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield / Past—Present—Future: 10.6 mi
- Finn Settlement: 18.3 mi
- The Edmund Fitzgerald: 21.1 mi
- Inga Klinger Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Garden: 12.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 21.1 mi
- Richard D. Hinrichsen Sculpture: 12.3 mi
- Winter Transportation Mural: 12.3 mi
- Spirit of Madeline: 12.5 mi
- Twilite: 6.7 mi
- Tsuga Lumps: 14.8 mi
- Buffalo Bay Beach: 7.4 mi
- Broad Street Beach: 10.9 mi
- Mount Ashwabay: 14.4 mi
- Mount Valhalla: 21.9 mi
- Siskiwit Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clay Banks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Valhalla | SW 220° | 412 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Ashwabay | SSW 212° | 400 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:15 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:25 | 16:17 |
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 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 40 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bayfield 6 N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353871661
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