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Fritz Bluff

Fritz Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Fritz Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Moran Bluff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
384 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.67387, -89.95513

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bass Hollow County Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Bass Hollow State Natural Area: 3.5 mi
  • Travis Fitzgerald Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Memory Park: 4.0 mi
  • Dell Creek State Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 51
Peaks: 40
  • Bald Knob: 0.4 mi
  • Grubb Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Pine Knob: 2.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Knob: 5.3 mi
  • Fox Point: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 26
Historic sites: 25
  • Hop Raising: 3.9 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells: 9.1 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 10.3 mi
  • Van Hise Rock: 12.9 mi
Museums: 16
Artworks: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Beaches: 5
  • Boating Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 15.8 mi
  • North Shore Beach: 20.4 mi
  • South Shore Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Friendship Beach: 22.0 mi
Springs: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Secret Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Knot Garden: 17.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Happy HillSSE 166°451 m20.0 mi
Sauk PointSE 139°449 m22.5 mi
Sauk HillSSE 152°445 m21.2 mi
Maple HillS 173°424 m19.3 mi
Johnson HillWNW 303°411 m16.2 mi
Daylight HillWNW 286°396 m12.8 mi
Potato HillW 270°384 m6.3 mi
Friendship MoundNNE 18°383 m22.5 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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353872794

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