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Fire House Number 2

Fire House Number 2 from directly overhead

Fire House Number 2 is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 332 m. Blackberry Hill stands 408 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
332 m

What to expect

Operated by
Portage County Historical Society

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.51682, -89.57737

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Brewery Park: 0.5 mi
  • Vice Admiral A.W. Grant Park: 0.6 mi
  • Slomann Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 44
  • Point Brewery Mural: 0.6 mi
  • What the Lion Cannot Manage, the Fox Can: 0.6 mi
  • The Polish Chicken: 0.7 mi
  • Trailblazer: 0.7 mi
  • Boy with the Leaking Boot: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Historic sites: 11
Peaks: 10
  • Rock Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Blackberry Hill: 13.6 mi
  • The Ledge: 15.4 mi
  • Haumschild Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Mosquito Bluff: 16.8 mi
Museums: 5
Gardens: 5
  • UWSP Campus Garden: 0.7 mi
  • UWSP Campus Nursery: 0.8 mi
  • Cultural Commons of Portage County: 0.8 mi
  • Giving Gardens of Portage County - Boys & Girls Club: 4.4 mi
  • Karen Bingham Memorial Garden: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fire House Number 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackberry HillNNE 15°408 m13.6 mi
Mosquito BluffSSE 169°378 m16.8 mi
Maple HillNW 320°368 m20.0 mi
Rock HillW 275°363 m11.3 mi
Haumschild HillNW 313°354 m16.4 mi
Smoky HillNW 308°351 m21.5 mi
The LedgeS 169°346 m15.4 mi
Lone RockS 182°342 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:11
June solstice05:1420:0320:47
September equinox06:4618:1918:58
December solstice07:3315:3416:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151930435666706860473422
Precip in1.21.11.83.44.15.03.83.83.62.71.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stevens PT, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/613131326

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