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Keith

Keith from directly overhead

Keith is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 485 m. Sugarbush Hill stands 583 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 22 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

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How to reach it

Coordinates45.50830, -88.88280

50 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Forest County Fairground: 4.6 mi
  • Bog Brook State Wildlife Area: 8.6 mi
  • Fairgrounds: 12.1 mi
  • Atkins Lake State Natural Area: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Peaks: 6
  • East Hill: 3.5 mi
  • West Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Sugarbush Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Hib's Knob: 10.7 mi
  • Kent Lookout: 18.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Northern Highland: 4.7 mi
  • Remembrance Area: 10.8 mi
  • de Langlade: 23.1 mi
  • Three Lakes Cemetery: 24.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Forest County Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • FCP Cultural Center, Library & Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Three Lakes Historical Society: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Logger's Site: 19.0 mi
  • Backwoods Breakfast: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • McCaslin Spring: 13.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarbush HillNE583 m4.8 mi
Kent LookoutS580 m18.3 mi
East HillN565 m3.5 mi
West HillNNW531 m4.4 mi
Ninemile HillSSE463 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:0820:0320:49
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3315:2616:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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