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Moe Settlement

Moe Settlement from directly overhead

Moe Settlement is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds, a park 0.7 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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

How to reach it

Coordinates43.59860, -89.69940

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds: 0.7 mi
  • Bowman Park: 3.9 mi
  • Yellow Thunder Park: 4.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 4.0 mi
  • Wilderland Park: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 47
Peaks: 33
  • Blue Mound: 6.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Knob: 9.0 mi
  • Fox Point: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Townhall Hill: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 23
  • Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 3.6 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Aldo Leopold Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells: 4.7 mi
  • The Lower Narrows: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 19
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Knot Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Secret Garden: 10.5 mi
Springs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Happy HillSSW451 m16.4 mi
Sauk PointS449 m12.0 mi
Sauk HillSSW445 m13.9 mi
Maple HillSW424 m17.5 mi
Cascade MountainSE388 m11.6 mi
Potato HillWNW384 m19.8 mi
Townhall HillSE380 m11.8 mi
Bald KnobWNW377 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:1820:0120:44
September equinox06:4718:2018:58
December solstice07:3015:3916:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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