Quarry
Quarry is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Wadels Hill stands 428 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Grandad Bluff Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.3 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.0 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive
- 23.4 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hass bench · 3 mi
- BoyScout Bench · 3 mi
- Bench · 3 mi
- South View · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grandad Bluff Park: 0.2 mi
- La Crosse Blufflands - Dobson Property: 0.3 mi
- Hixon Forest: 0.4 mi
- Town of Shelby: 0.5 mi
- City of La Crosse: 0.6 mi
- Paul E. Stry Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- City of La Crosse: 2.5 mi
- City of La Crosse: 3.1 mi
- Greens Coulee Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Root River Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Grandad Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Cliffwood Bluff: 0.7 mi
- Hedgehog Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Miller Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.2 mi
- Losey Memorial Arch: 1.7 mi
- Red Cloud Park: 2.1 mi
- Memorial to the Unborn: 4.2 mi
- Sunny the Sunfish: 5.9 mi
- Luther College: 10.8 mi
- Swarthout Museum: 2.1 mi
- Historic Hixon House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Children's Museum of La Crosse: 2.4 mi
- Dahl Auto Museum: 2.6 mi
- Riverside Museum: 2.7 mi
- Statue to Ellen Penney Hixon: 0.5 mi
- Ribbon V: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Landmark: 2.7 mi
- Saint Juan Diego: 4.1 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 4.1 mi
- Explore La Crosse: 2.2 mi
- World's Largest Six-Pack: 2.6 mi
- La Crosse Queen: 2.8 mi
- Hidden Trails Corn Maze: 6.9 mi
- Visitor Center: 9.0 mi
- King Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Queen Bluff: 18.9 mi
- 4th class climb: 19.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 20.1 mi
- Pettibone Beach: 3.0 mi
- Black River Beach: 3.3 mi
- Airport Beach: 4.7 mi
- Jersey Valley County Park Beach: 21.8 mi
- La Crosse Rest Area 31: 4.8 mi
- Dresbach Rest Area: 6.1 mi
- Sparta Rest Area 16: 17.3 mi
- Highway 76 Spring: 19.0 mi
- Big Spring: 22.1 mi
- Little Spring: 22.4 mi
- Riverside International Friendship Garden: 2.7 mi
- Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Great River Bluff's Picnic Ground: 13.5 mi
- Ashton: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quarry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadels Hill | NE 44° | 428 m | 20.7 mi |
| Krueger Hill | NE 36° | 414 m | 14.1 mi |
| Wanless Hill | NE 41° | 414 m | 17.7 mi |
| Waldness Hill | NE 41° | 413 m | 17.0 mi |
| Heller Hill | NE 40° | 412 m | 16.7 mi |
| Peacock Hill | N 5° | 401 m | 20.6 mi |
| Red Rock | E 84° | 397 m | 24.0 mi |
| Bunker Hill | E 99° | 394 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:44 | 16:31 |
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 | 16 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Crosse WFO, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6387431228
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