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Yellow Banks

Yellow Banks, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Banks is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 405 m. Timms Hill stands 595 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Steve Creek Waterfowl Area, a park 2.7 miles away. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
405 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.39191, -90.57320

66 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Upper Steve Creek Waterfowl Area: 2.7 mi
  • Township Corners State Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
  • Lakeview Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Twin Lakes Bog State Natural Area: 10.3 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Peaks: 6
  • Hallberg Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 17.0 mi
  • Spokes Hill: 17.8 mi
  • Timms Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Fred's Summit: 19.1 mi
Museums: 5
  • Taylor County Historical Society: 20.9 mi
  • Huey's Hideaway Children's Museum: 20.9 mi
  • Perkins Place Art Gallery: 21.1 mi
  • Fred Smith Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Knox Creek Heritage Center: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Glacial Spring: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Helen's Garden: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Clink's Meat Market Pig Mural: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Timms HillENE 77°594.7 m18.8 mi
Fred's SummitENE 77°584 m19.1 mi
Pearson HillENE 78°576 m19.5 mi
Sunset HillE 98°561 m17.0 mi
Spokes HillE 89°538 m17.8 mi
Hallberg HillENE 77°477 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3619:15
June solstice05:1520:0920:55
September equinox06:5018:2319:02
December solstice07:4015:3316:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131729435564676558453119
Precip in1.11.01.73.33.95.03.84.24.13.22.01.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jump RVR 3E, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/353892374

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