Aldo Leopold Memorial
Aldo Leopold Memorial is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Leopold Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Aldo Leopold Died Here Fighting A Grass Fire April 21, 1948 "It's warm behind a driftwood now, for the wind has gone with the geese, So would I - if I were the wind."
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Island State Wildlife Area: 3.1 mi
- Kingsley Bend Indian Mounds: 4.8 mi
- Yellow Thunder Park: 4.9 mi
- Man Mound Park: 5.0 mi
- City View Park: 6.2 mi
- Lower Narrows State Natural Area: 4.2 mi
- Chief Naaga Kermani Park and Conservancy: 7.2 mi
- Baraboo River Waterfowl Production Area: 8.0 mi
- Baraboo River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area: 8.6 mi
- Fern Dell Gorge State Natural Area: 9.0 mi
- Whooping Crane: 5.8 mi
- Lost World Cosmic Go-Karts: 7.1 mi
- Fly High Helicopter Tours: 7.1 mi
- Horse Drawn Wagon Rides: 7.3 mi
- Wilderness Canyon Zip Line: 7.3 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Townhall Hill: 7.7 mi
- Sauk Point: 8.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 10.6 mi
- Southeast Bluff: 11.2 mi
- The Lower Narrows: 3.8 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 7.4 mi
- Ring of Honor: 7.8 mi
- Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 8.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 5.2 mi
- East Bluff South Face: 10.4 mi
- West Bluff: 10.4 mi
- East Bluff: 10.5 mi
- West Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Leopold Center: 0.0 mi
- Irvin Feld Exhibit Hall and Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
- Dells Country Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Sauk County Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 8.1 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 8.5 mi
- CCC Worker: 10.7 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 13.6 mi
- Time Keeper: 14.2 mi
- Forevertron: 14.8 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 8.4 mi
- North Shore Beach: 10.0 mi
- South Shore Beach: 11.0 mi
- Okee Beach: 14.0 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 20.1 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 11.8 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 12.3 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 20.4 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 21.5 mi
- Moe Settlement: 4.1 mi
- Dell Prairie: 8.5 mi
- New Chester: 21.1 mi
- Knot Garden: 9.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 9.9 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 11.2 mi
- Rock Springs: 14.7 mi
- Skillet Falls: 10.2 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aldo Leopold Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SW 224° | 451 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sauk Point | S 186° | 449 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SSW 209° | 445 m | 12.2 mi |
| Maple Hill | SW 231° | 424 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | SE 126° | 388 m | 7.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | WNW 290° | 384 m | 23.5 mi |
| Townhall Hill | SE 132° | 380 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 296° | 377 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13179120590
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