Maple Bluff
Maple Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 273 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is McBride Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 273 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- McBride Park: 0.3 mi
- Stoddard Park: 0.5 mi
- Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Marina Park: 0.7 mi
- Sheridan Triangle Park: 0.8 mi
- Tyler Knipfer: 1.2 mi
- Tenney Park Lock And Dam: 1.5 mi
- Brendan Primm: 2.0 mi
- David Frischkorn: 2.1 mi
- Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty replica: 1.3 mi
- Sid Boyum Red Heion-no-Shiko Lantern: 2.1 mi
- Sid Boyum Grinning Fool: 2.1 mi
- Sid Boyum White Lantern: 2.1 mi
- Geometric Forms Number Two: 2.2 mi
- Rooted: Troy Community Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Rooted: Troy Farm: 1.5 mi
- Emerson Wildflower Garden: 1.7 mi
- Reynolds Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rain Garden: 2.4 mi
- Cherokee Marsh- Mendota Unit: 2.3 mi
- Westshire Conservancy/Jackson's Landing: 2.8 mi
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- North Mendota Natural Resource Area- Prairie Unit: 3.2 mi
- Six Mile Creek State Fishery Area: 3.6 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 0.8 mi
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Washburn Observatory: 3.0 mi
- Raymer's Ravine: 3.4 mi
- Black Hawk's Cave: 3.7 mi
- Great Plains Paleontolgy: 2.3 mi
- Madison Children's Museum: 2.6 mi
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum: 2.8 mi
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.8 mi
- Chazen Museum of Art: 2.9 mi
- Warner Park Beach: 0.9 mi
- James Madison Beach: 2.3 mi
- James Madison Beach: 2.3 mi
- James Madison Beach: 2.3 mi
- B.B. Clarke Beach: 2.7 mi
- Bascom Hill: 2.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Heights: 3.7 mi
- Blackhawk Hill: 4.2 mi
- Frederick's Hill: 5.2 mi
- Fox Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Table Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Allen Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Whites Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Merrill Spring: 4.8 mi
- Council Spring: 4.9 mi
- Ho Nee Um Spring: 4.9 mi
- Springs: 5.1 mi
- Big Spring: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Table and Gazebo: 6.9 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 12.0 mi
- Williams Knoll: 12.7 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Train Car: 12.2 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 21.9 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 22.3 mi
- Cascade Aerator: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maple Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | WSW 256° | 524 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | NW 308° | 346 m | 19.8 mi |
| Liberty Pole Hill | S 184° | 338 m | 19.8 mi |
| Liberty Mound | ESE 122° | 326 m | 13.1 mi |
| Owls Head Hill | NNW 330° | 319 m | 22.2 mi |
| Frederick's Hill | W 277° | 317 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SW 221° | 316 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Julia | SW 218° | 313 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison Dane CO Rgnl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353882883
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