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Bagdad is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 468 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. Heritage Drive passes 20 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates45.65610, -88.70360

45 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 19
  • Forest County Fairground: 10.8 mi
  • Bastile Lake State Natural Area: 11.9 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 13.2 mi
  • Argonne Experimental Forest: 15.0 mi
  • Goodman Park: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Peaks: 5
  • Sugarbush Hill: 8.6 mi
  • East Hill: 11.2 mi
  • West Hill: 12.3 mi
  • McCaslin Mountain: 23.5 mi
  • Hib's Knob: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Forest County Historical Society: 11.4 mi
  • Three Lakes Historical Society: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • McCaslin Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillSW 218°583 m8.6 mi
East HillSW 233°565 m11.2 mi
West HillWSW 240°531 m12.3 mi
McCaslin MountainSE 140°495 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2819:07
June solstice05:0620:0320:49
September equinox06:4218:1518:54
December solstice07:3315:2416:14

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121526395260646255433018
Precip in1.31.31.93.13.84.74.03.23.83.32.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laona 6 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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