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UW-Sprout

UW-Sprout from directly overhead

UW-Sprout is a garden in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Otteson Bluff stands 383 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Place Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
UW-Stout

How to reach it

Coordinates44.88055, -91.93325

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • LaPointe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Brickyard Nature Area: 0.3 mi
  • Knapp Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clock Tower Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Cedar-Rama Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Meadow Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Harvey Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Brewery Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Tower Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Grove Hill: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 11
Artworks: 9
Historic sites: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • brewery nønic: 0.3 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 15.2 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Wakanda Beach: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Otteson BluffN 11°383 m6.1 mi
Tuttle HillSW 230°372 m13.8 mi
Elk MoundE 90°368 m12.0 mi
Weisinger HillSSW 210°354 m17.2 mi
Panther HillE 79°350 m10.6 mi
Ganoe HillSSW 199°350 m21.0 mi
Waubeek MoundS 185°349 m13.7 mi
Gates HillSSW 204°345 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:20
June solstice05:2220:1320:58
September equinox06:5518:2819:07
December solstice07:4315:4116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445666716860483321
Precip in0.91.12.03.04.55.14.04.03.62.71.81.3

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

  • common motherwort44 obs
  • common buckthorn41 obs
  • White-tailed Deer40 obs
  • great mullein34 obs
  • white snakeroot28 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage27 obs
  • dame's rocket24 obs
  • Monarch22 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/574838776

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