Dell Prairie
Dell Prairie is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mound, a peak 3.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States of America
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Park: 3.3 mi
- Indiana Avenue Boat Launch: 3.6 mi
- Bowman Park: 3.8 mi
- Jenkin's Park: 3.9 mi
- Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds: 4.5 mi
- Witches Gulch: 3.9 mi
- Dells Mining Co.: 3.9 mi
- Wizard Quest Village: 3.9 mi
- Wizard Quest: 3.9 mi
- Kugel Ball: 4.0 mi
- Blue Mound: 3.2 mi
- Fox Point: 6.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 8.5 mi
- Grubb Hill: 10.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 12.0 mi
- Louie Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Rogge Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Coon Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Swandas Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Wisconsin Dells: 4.5 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 5.1 mi
- Aldo Leopold Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Hop Raising: 9.7 mi
- Dells Country Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 3.9 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 4.0 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 4.0 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 4.1 mi
- Moe Settlement: 4.8 mi
- New Chester: 14.0 mi
- Adams Center: 17.7 mi
- Springbluff: 17.8 mi
- Quincy: 18.8 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 14.5 mi
- North Shore Beach: 16.6 mi
- South Shore Beach: 17.8 mi
- Boating Beach: 20.9 mi
- Swimming Beach: 21.3 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 4.7 mi
- CCC Worker: 17.7 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 20.4 mi
- Time Keeper: 20.9 mi
- Forevertron: 21.2 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 13.0 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 14.1 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 20.1 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 20.6 mi
- Westfield Rest Area 82: 22.8 mi
- Secret Garden: 14.7 mi
- Knot Garden: 14.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 16.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 17.7 mi
- Skillet Falls: 15.5 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dell Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SSW 201° | 451 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sauk Point | S 170° | 449 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sauk Hill | S 187° | 445 m | 18.5 mi |
| Maple Hill | SSW 208° | 424 m | 21.1 mi |
| Daylight Hill | W 280° | 396 m | 24.6 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SE 141° | 388 m | 15.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 272° | 384 m | 18.3 mi |
| Friendship Mound | NNW 347° | 383 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:38 | 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 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, 5 mi away.
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