Old Rock Church
Old Rock Church is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Montfort Ball Park, a park 4.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 19 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The Rock Church, originally part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Stands on land donated by a pioneer settler Bosman Clifton, In memory of his daughter. Construction began in 1851 and men and women alike worked long and hard for several years to comple
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 20.6 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 27 mi
- Shiras Point · 27 mi
- River Viewing Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Montfort Ball Park: 4.9 mi
- Village of Montfort Park: 4.9 mi
- Rewey Community Park: 5.7 mi
- Pecatonica River Woods State Natural Area: 7.7 mi
- Sheper Park: 7.9 mi
- Big Rock: 9.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.0 mi
- Platte Mounds: 10.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 10.3 mi
- REM Castle Rock Creek: 10.5 mi
- Belmont Mound State Park: 11.2 mi
- Borah Creek Prairie: 11.9 mi
- Bloomfield Prarie: 12.4 mi
- Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 10.8 mi
- 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 10.8 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 10.8 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 14.5 mi
- Wisconsin Territory: 15.0 mi
- Waterfall: 6.1 mi
- Platte Mound M: 10.2 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 10.8 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- Boeing C-97G: 17.6 mi
- Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum: 11.0 mi
- Fennimore Railroad Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 11.9 mi
- Grant County History Museum: 12.8 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 15.0 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 19.7 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 20.9 mi
- Pendarvis: 15.2 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 18.2 mi
- Sinnipee: 24.7 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 10.7 mi
- Cow: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring: 12.3 mi
- Spring House: 19.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 17.5 mi
- Stephens Falls: 19.1 mi
- Enee Point: 19.0 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Rock Church. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | SSE 162° | 435 m | 10.2 mi |
| Belmont Mound | SSE 147° | 427 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Mound | SSE 158° | 389 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bunker Hill | ENE 69° | 371 m | 20.7 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | NE 45° | 366 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 10° | 326 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pine Knob | NW 307° | 325 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bigelow Hill | NE 34° | 322 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:45 | 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 | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11865296159
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 30 mi
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