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Pinnacle Bluff

Pinnacle Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Pinnacle Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 339 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the south-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Castle, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
339 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.07861, -89.88985

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
  • Birch Lake Park: 4.3 mi
  • Quail Ridge Park: 4.4 mi
  • Pocket Park: 4.5 mi
  • Kittleson Krest Park: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 48
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Forward Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Native American Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Theme Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 42
Peaks: 37
Artworks: 25
  • Toy Soldier: 17.1 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 19.0 mi
  • Forevertron: 20.6 mi
  • Time Keeper: 21.1 mi
  • Earth, Sky, Water: 21.7 mi
Museums: 14
  • Black Earth Children's Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 9.0 mi
  • Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 14.5 mi
  • Tripp Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Blanchardville Museum: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 12
Springs: 10
  • Spring House: 12.6 mi
  • Spring House: 13.9 mi
  • Riley Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Springs: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 17.5 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsSSE 152°524 m4.0 mi
Happy HillN 4°451 m21.7 mi
Sauk HillNNE 16°445 m23.3 mi
Maple HillN 357°424 m22.0 mi
Bunker HillWSW 245°371 m10.9 mi
Dunbar HillW 275°366 m16.0 mi
Indian CastleW 268°354 m0.5 mi
Sugarloaf HillNE 34°346 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:2120:0020:43
September equinox06:4818:2118:59
December solstice07:2915:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182133455767706961493624
Precip in1.51.32.33.84.45.63.93.32.82.92.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/353890022

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