Ghost town · Wisconsin
Adams Center
Adams Center is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Johnson Hill stands 411 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tiny Town, a attraction 1.9 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in the Town of Adams, Adams County, Wisconsin
How to reach it
Coordinates43.91610, -89.79720
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lion's Park: 3.1 mi
- Burt Morris Park: 3.6 mi
- Friendship Park: 4.2 mi
- Quincy Bluff State Natural Area: 4.4 mi
- Sohlberg Silver Lake State Natural Area: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 41
- Tiny Town: 1.9 mi
- Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 5.9 mi
- Weather Rock: 12.6 mi
- The Painted Rock: 13.3 mi
- Witches Gulch: 16.5 mi
Peaks: 35
- Rattlesnake Mound: 2.8 mi
- Barbican Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Lone Rock: 4.1 mi
- Friendship Mound: 4.8 mi
- Quincy Bluff: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Preston Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Spring Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Pilot Knob Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- Roche-A-Cri State Park: 6.0 mi
- Roche-a-Cri State Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Ed Bryant Scout Reservation: 9.4 mi
- Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest State Natural Area: 10.3 mi
- Mauston School Forest: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Roche-a-Cri State Park: 6.0 mi
- Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 8.9 mi
- Lutheran Church 1887-1921: 9.8 mi
- Godfred and Maryann Van Hoof memorial: 14.8 mi
- Mrs. Salter Killed Here: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 9
- Saint Michael Shrine: 14.8 mi
- Saint Anne: 14.8 mi
- God and Country: 14.8 mi
- Joan of Arc: 14.8 mi
- Crucifixion Shrine: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Fordham: 5.4 mi
- Springbluff: 6.0 mi
- Quincy: 8.4 mi
- New Chester: 8.8 mi
- Roche a Cri: 9.7 mi
Museums: 6
- Boorman House: 15.8 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 19.0 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 19.9 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 19.9 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Highway 13 & 21 Wayside: 7.5 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 13.8 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 13.8 mi
- Coloma Rest Area 81: 15.4 mi
- Westfield Rest Area 82: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 3
- Friendship Beach: 4.3 mi
- Boating Beach: 9.3 mi
- Swimming Beach: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Dans Boat Launch: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adams Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Hill | WSW 250° | 411 m | 22.9 mi |
| Daylight Hill | WSW 237° | 396 m | 24.1 mi |
| Potato Hill | SW 220° | 384 m | 21.9 mi |
| Friendship Mound | NNW 348° | 383 m | 4.8 mi |
| Braund Hill | WSW 250° | 378 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 205° | 377 m | 18.9 mi |
| Dorra Cooshe Mountain | N 2° | 372 m | 17.8 mi |
| Wood Hill | WSW 251° | 367 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:37 | 16:25 |
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 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friendship, 4 mi away.
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