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Tinkers Bluff

Tinkers Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Tinkers Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 333 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 427 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillsboro Historical Society, a museum 0.4 miles away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
333 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.66247, -90.34735

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Albert Field Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Settler’s Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hillsboro State Trail Trailhead: 1.0 mi
  • Field Veteran’s Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hammer / Klopfeisch Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 53
  • The Pinnacle: 2.5 mi
  • Pikes Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Castle Rocks: 5.5 mi
  • Pine Knob: 5.5 mi
  • Daylight Hill: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 14
  • Admiral Marc A. Mitscher: 0.7 mi
  • African American Settlers of the Cheyenne Valley: 0.9 mi
  • Elroy – Sparta State Trail Histoical marker: 6.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • New Lisbon Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 1: 11.3 mi
  • Omaha State Trail Tunnel: 12.1 mi
  • Elroy-Sparta State Trail Tunnel 2: 16.0 mi
  • Twin Bluffs Cave: 16.6 mi
  • Steamboat Rock: 17.7 mi
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Elroy Tunnel Mural: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillNW 318°427 m21.6 mi
Erdman HillNW 314°416 m22.6 mi
Mount EveN 358°413 m17.3 mi
Johnson HillNNE 32°411 m11.2 mi
Red RockNW 304°397 m22.7 mi
Daylight HillENE 59°396 m8.5 mi
Bellevue HillN 0°396 m16.8 mi
Mount ThomWNW 296°391 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3619:14
June solstice05:2120:0320:47
September equinox06:4918:2319:01
December solstice07:3315:4116:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133465767716961493624
Precip in1.31.22.03.85.05.14.14.24.12.82.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353890369

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