Horse Bluff
Horse Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 301 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock County Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 301 m
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hemlock-Sauk County Park: 0.4 mi
- Pierce Park: 1.9 mi
- Lake Redstone County Park: 2.9 mi
- Plum Valley Park: 5.1 mi
- Legion Park: 5.5 mi
- Van Hise Rock: 13.7 mi
- Depot Display Area: 16.5 mi
- Copper Range #29: 16.5 mi
- Shay #9: 16.5 mi
- Water Tower Display Area: 16.5 mi
- Potato Hill: 6.3 mi
- Castle Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Thieman Hill: 8.3 mi
- Daylight Hill: 9.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 10.8 mi
- Hemlock County Park: 0.3 mi
- Hartje Center: 5.7 mi
- Hay Creek Nature Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Roger Popple Nature Area: 7.8 mi
- Smith Conservancy: 8.2 mi
- Kimballs Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Fritz Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Tinkers Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Moran Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Fairy Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Hillsboro Historical Society: 10.8 mi
- Elroy Museum: 11.7 mi
- Boorman House: 14.6 mi
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum: 16.5 mi
- Steam and Gas Exhibits: 17.9 mi
- African American Settlers of the Cheyenne Valley: 10.9 mi
- Admiral Marc A. Mitscher: 11.0 mi
- Elroy – Sparta State Trail Histoical marker: 12.4 mi
- Van Hise Rock: 13.7 mi
- Hop Raising: 14.8 mi
- Corwin: 9.3 mi
- Cheyenne Valley: 10.9 mi
- Henrietta: 13.8 mi
- Quincy: 21.6 mi
- McGrew: 21.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 22.5 mi
- Boating Beach: 22.6 mi
- North Shore Beach: 23.8 mi
- South Shore Beach: 24.6 mi
- Elroy Tunnel Mural: 11.8 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 18.2 mi
- Forevertron: 24.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 13.9 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 23.8 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 14.4 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 14.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 20.3 mi
- Knot Garden: 20.3 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 21.0 mi
- Skillet Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SE 134° | 451 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SE 124° | 445 m | 23.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | SE 139° | 424 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Eve | NNW 334° | 413 m | 24.3 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NNW 344° | 411 m | 14.8 mi |
| Daylight Hill | NNW 343° | 396 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | NNW 335° | 396 m | 23.6 mi |
| Hill in Richland County | WSW 258° | 390 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:40 | 16:27 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reedsburg Wwtp, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353882136
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