Memorial to the Unborn
Memorial to the Unborn is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Wadels Hill stands 428 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Joseph the Workman, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 0.9 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 6.6 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive
- 19.7 mi off the Driftless Area Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- South View · 1 mi
- BoyScout Bench · 1 mi
- Hass bench · 2 mi
- Stoney Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- La Crosse County: 0.9 mi
- La Crosse Blufflands - Juniper Property: 1.3 mi
- Clayton E Johnson Park: 1.4 mi
- Mormon Coulee Park: 1.5 mi
- Sherwood Park: 1.5 mi
- Hedgehog Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Cliffwood Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Grandad Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Miller Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.6 mi
- City of La Crosse: 1.1 mi
- Paul E. Stry Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge: 5.9 mi
- Root River Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Coulee Experimental Forest: 10.1 mi
- Losey Memorial Arch: 5.3 mi
- Red Cloud Park: 6.1 mi
- Nation's First Watershed Project: 8.1 mi
- Sunny the Sunfish: 10.1 mi
- Rattler Cairn: 11.5 mi
- Swarthout Museum: 5.2 mi
- Dahl Auto Museum: 5.2 mi
- Children's Museum of La Crosse: 5.3 mi
- Historic Hixon House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Riverside Museum: 5.9 mi
- Saint Joseph the Workman: 0.0 mi
- Saint Juan Diego and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga: 0.0 mi
- Saint Kateri Tekakwitha: 0.1 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 0.2 mi
- Saint Juan Diego: 0.2 mi
- Quarry: 4.2 mi
- King Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Hole-In-Rock: 21.1 mi
- Winneshiek Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 22.4 mi
- World's Largest Six-Pack: 5.0 mi
- Explore La Crosse: 5.2 mi
- La Crosse Queen: 5.9 mi
- Hidden Trails Corn Maze: 10.5 mi
- Visitor Center: 13.1 mi
- Pettibone Beach: 5.8 mi
- Black River Beach: 7.2 mi
- Airport Beach: 8.9 mi
- Jersey Valley County Park Beach: 19.6 mi
- La Crosse Rest Area 31: 8.6 mi
- Dresbach Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Sparta Rest Area 16: 18.4 mi
- Highway 76 Spring: 18.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.2 mi
- Little Spring: 21.5 mi
- Riverside International Friendship Garden: 5.9 mi
- Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Great River Bluff's Picnic Ground: 17.2 mi
- Ashton: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Memorial to the Unborn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadels Hill | NE 35° | 428 m | 23.2 mi |
| Krueger Hill | NNE 25° | 414 m | 17.2 mi |
| Wanless Hill | NNE 31° | 414 m | 20.4 mi |
| Waldness Hill | NNE 31° | 413 m | 19.7 mi |
| Heller Hill | NNE 30° | 412 m | 19.5 mi |
| Peacock Hill | N 2° | 401 m | 24.6 mi |
| Red Rock | ENE 74° | 397 m | 23.8 mi |
| McElhose Hill | ESE 102° | 379 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:07 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:44 | 16:31 |
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 | 16 | 21 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Crosse WFO, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1097794161
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