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Grand Chute

Grand Chute from directly overhead

Grand Chute is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Mosquito Hill stands 296 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hearthstone Historic House Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates44.25460, -88.41540

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vulcan Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ellen Kort Peace Park: 0.4 mi
  • Riverview Gardens: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Harry Houdini Childhood Home: 0.6 mi
  • Building for Kids: 0.7 mi
  • Lawrence University Arch: 0.9 mi
  • Rock Island 17177 Caboose: 1.0 mi
  • CN Appleton Swing Bridge: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 49
  • Fallen Officers: 0.4 mi
  • First Commercially Successful Electric Street Railway: 0.6 mi
  • Appleton Doughboy Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Harry Houdini meets Edna Ferber: 0.7 mi
  • Vulcan Street Plant Replica: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 23
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 13
  • Courtyard: 0.8 mi
  • Sustainable Lawrence University Garden (SLUG): 0.9 mi
  • Marilyn Spieth Communitty Garden and Classroom: 2.6 mi
  • Gardens of the Fox Cities: 2.9 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Jennerjohn Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Gopher Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Mosquito Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Turney Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Sunset Beach: 3.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mosquito HillWNW296 m16.7 mi
Turney HillNW280 m16.7 mi
Scray HillENE269 m23.5 mi
Gopher HillNE223 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1119:5720:42
September equinox06:4118:1518:53
December solstice07:2715:3016:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182031445767717061493624
Precip in1.41.11.93.23.64.63.83.63.22.82.11.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appleton, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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