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Pendarvis

Pendarvis from directly overhead

Pendarvis is a ghost town in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pendarvis Historic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Wisconsin, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86387, -90.17257

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Soldiers Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Merry Christmas mine hill: 0.2 mi
  • Skidmore-Whitford Park: 0.3 mi
  • Library Park: 0.4 mi
  • Water Tower Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Historic sites: 26
  • Shake Rag: 0.2 mi
  • Shake Rag: 0.3 mi
  • Wisconsin Territory: 0.4 mi
  • Site of Fort Jackson: 0.4 mi
  • Historic Mineral Point: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 23
Attractions: 18
Museums: 9
Beaches: 3
  • Cox Hollow Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Twin Valley Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring House: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Cleary Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsNE 55°524 m19.8 mi
Platte MoundsWSW 240°435 m13.7 mi
Belmont MoundSW 234°427 m11.1 mi
Little MoundWSW 238°389 m13.1 mi
White HillS 187°381 m22.4 mi
Bunker HillNNE 23°371 m11.1 mi
Dunbar HillN 354°366 m16.2 mi
Indian CastleNE 43°354 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3619:13
June solstice05:2320:0020:44
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2915:4416:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133455767716961493523
Precip in1.51.52.33.94.65.74.74.43.73.12.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dodgeville Wwtp, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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