Skidmore Bluff
Skidmore Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Tuttle Hill stands 372 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Trenton Bluff Prairie State Natural Area, a park 2.4 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 14.2 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlson Kiln · 5 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 5 mi
- Vista point · 5 mi
- Spring Lake Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trenton Bluff Prairie State Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- A. P. Anderson Park: 4.2 mi
- Bay Point Park: 4.7 mi
- Levee Park: 4.9 mi
- Anderson Center Sculpture Garden: 5.0 mi
- The Sea Wing Disaster: 4.9 mi
- Purple Heart Monument: 5.0 mi
- Lake Pepin: 11.1 mi
- The Claybank Pits: 13.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Levee Park: 15.4 mi
- Ulvin Hill: 6.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Dills Mound: 13.4 mi
- Starks Mound: 15.0 mi
- Melander Hill: 16.6 mi
- A Tribute: 4.9 mi
- Balance Of Power: 4.9 mi
- Gateway To Red Wing: 4.9 mi
- Ever Upward: 4.9 mi
- First Flight: 5.0 mi
- Red Wing Shoe Museum: 5.0 mi
- Aliveo Military Museum: 5.1 mi
- Goodhue County Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Vasa Museum: 11.2 mi
- Goodhue Area Historical Society: 15.8 mi
- Florence Township Beach: 14.3 mi
- Dog Cove: 18.6 mi
- Lake Byllesby beach: 19.6 mi
- Pembles Beach: 19.6 mi
- Lake Byllesby Beach: 19.9 mi
- Prairie Island Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Sylvia's Garden: 12.4 mi
- Campus Lab Garden: 15.3 mi
- Dahlka Garden: 15.5 mi
- Spring Lake Park Reserve Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Claybank Pits: 13.1 mi
- Lake Pepin Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Lake City Concourse: 20.2 mi
- Little House Wayside: 20.5 mi
- Saint Croix Weigh Station: 24.8 mi
- UWRF Observatory: 15.5 mi
- Cannon Valley Fairgrounds: 18.3 mi
- Saint Croix Railroad: 20.6 mi
- Crystal Cave: 21.4 mi
- Interpretive Center: 23.3 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Maiden Rock: 16.9 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Robinson's Rocks: 24.3 mi
- Point Douglas: 14.3 mi
- Florence: 16.2 mi
- Nininger: 18.5 mi
- Anderson Memorial Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- St Croix Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- fire ring: 20.0 mi
- Vermillion Falls: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skidmore Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle Hill | ENE 68° | 372 m | 22.8 mi |
| Farm Hill | ESE 110° | 360 m | 22.7 mi |
| Nerike Hill | ESE 105° | 355 m | 21.9 mi |
| Weisinger Hill | E 84° | 354 m | 23.3 mi |
| Gates Hill | E 98° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cotter Hill | E 101° | 342 m | 20.3 mi |
| Hammond Hill | ENE 66° | 342 m | 21.9 mi |
| Ulvin Hill | E 90° | 336 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:45 | 16:33 |
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 | 15 | 19 | 31 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Wing DAM 3, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353890109
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