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Snowmobile is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 509 m. Military Hill stands 560 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Vilas County Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Heritage Drive passes 22 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Material
wood

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Historical Society

How to reach it

Coordinates45.98655, -89.53200

123 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • Sayner Park: 0.4 mi
  • Plum Lake Hemlock Forest State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Bittersweet Lakes State Natural Area: 5.2 mi
  • Escanaba Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 5.4 mi
  • Trout Lake Conifer Swamp State Natural Area: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Museums: 15
Attractions: 15
  • World's Largest Penny: 10.3 mi
  • Budgie Encounter: 12.2 mi
  • White-handed Gibbon: 12.2 mi
  • Mountian Lion: 12.2 mi
  • Woodchuck: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • First Forest Patrol Flight: 7.6 mi
  • M60A3 Patton Tank: 9.9 mi
  • Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb 7/26/1886 - 5/30/1956: 10.2 mi
  • World's Largest Penny: 10.3 mi
  • Summerwind Mansion: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cedar Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Brandy Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Torpy Park Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Hodag Beach: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Military Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Jack Pine Lookout Tower: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Hodag: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Military HillENE 76°560 m22.4 mi
Jack Pine Lookout TowerSSW 211°479 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:11
June solstice05:0820:0720:53
September equinox06:4618:1818:58
December solstice07:3815:2616:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101325385162666456432917
Precip in1.41.21.82.83.84.14.33.33.83.41.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Germain, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10836471159

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