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Fairy Bluff

Fairy Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Fairy Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 298 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
298 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.70859, -89.96735

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Travis Fitzgerald Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Bass Hollow State Natural Area: 3.4 mi
  • Memory Park: 3.5 mi
  • Bass Hollow County Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Sports Field Park: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 52
Peaks: 48
  • Pine Knob: 1.0 mi
  • Bald Knob: 2.9 mi
  • Grubb Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Potato Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Fox Point: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 29
Historic sites: 24
  • Hop Raising: 3.4 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells: 10.8 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 12.1 mi
  • New Lisbon Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
Museums: 15
Artworks: 10
  • Golspar Dragon: 10.9 mi
  • Elroy Tunnel Mural: 15.3 mi
  • Saint Michael Shrine: 22.0 mi
  • Saint Anne: 22.0 mi
  • Joan of Arc: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Beaches: 5
  • Boating Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Friendship Beach: 20.0 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 22.7 mi
  • South Shore Beach: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Secret Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Knot Garden: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Happy HillSSE 166°451 m22.5 mi
Sauk PointSE 141°449 m24.8 mi
Sauk HillSSE 154°445 m23.6 mi
Maple HillS 172°424 m21.7 mi
Mount EveNW 306°413 m24.0 mi
Johnson HillWNW 296°411 m14.5 mi
Daylight HillW 276°396 m11.8 mi
Bellevue HillNW 306°396 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:1920:0220:46
September equinox06:4818:2118:59
December solstice07:3115:3916:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133455867716961493623
Precip in1.31.22.03.74.55.13.84.53.82.72.01.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mauston 1 SE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353872352

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