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Dell Prairie

Dell Prairie from directly overhead

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

Coordinates43.66720, -89.71530

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Attractions: 52
Peaks: 36
  • 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
Cliffs: 33
Historic sites: 22
  • 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
Museums: 16
Ghost towns: 7
Beaches: 7
  • 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
Artworks: 6
Rest areas: 6
Gardens: 2
  • Secret Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Knot Garden: 14.7 mi
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Happy HillSSW 201°451 m20.4 mi
Sauk PointS 170°449 m16.8 mi
Sauk HillS 187°445 m18.5 mi
Maple HillSSW 208°424 m21.1 mi
Daylight HillW 280°396 m24.6 mi
Cascade MountainSE 141°388 m15.5 mi
Potato HillW 272°384 m18.3 mi
Friendship MoundNNW 347°383 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:1820:0120:45
September equinox06:4718:2018:58
December solstice07:3015:3816:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133455767716961483524
Precip in1.31.42.34.14.45.14.04.23.82.82.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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