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New Chester

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New Chester is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Friendship Mound stands 383 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawrence Creek State Natural Area, a park 3.3 miles away. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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

How to reach it

Coordinates43.86170, -89.63750

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lawrence Creek State Natural Area: 3.3 mi
  • Lawrence Creek State Wildlife Area: 3.3 mi
  • Upper Neenah Creek State Fishery Area: 3.4 mi
  • Brooks Bluff State Natural Area: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Fox Headwaters State Natural Area: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Weather Rock: 4.5 mi
  • The Painted Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Tiny Town: 10.5 mi
  • Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 13.1 mi
  • Witches Gulch: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Barbican Bluff: 6.8 mi
  • Easton Mound: 8.8 mi
  • Johns Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mound: 9.9 mi
  • Ship Rock: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 14
  • Roche-a-Cri State Park: 13.3 mi
  • Hop Raising: 16.6 mi
  • Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 17.4 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 17.4 mi
  • Wisconsin Dells: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Lion: 16.2 mi
  • Golspar Dragon: 18.1 mi
  • Saint Michael Shrine: 23.5 mi
  • Saint Anne: 23.6 mi
  • God and Country: 23.6 mi
Museums: 9
Ghost towns: 8
Rest areas: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Friendship Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Boating Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 17.9 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Friendship MoundNW 313°383 m12.3 mi
Bald KnobSW 230°377 m20.8 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainNNW 341°372 m22.7 mi
Rattlesnake KnobSW 216°366 m20.2 mi
Grubb HillSW 226°354 m19.6 mi
Blue MoundSSW 209°351 m14.8 mi
Roche-a-CriNW 317°350 m13.3 mi
Keystone RockNNW 346°340 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:11
June solstice05:1720:0120:45
September equinox06:4618:2018:58
December solstice07:3015:3716:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162031445767716961483522
Precip in1.31.31.93.44.24.54.64.43.52.51.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friendship, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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