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Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum

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Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. Meteor Hill stands 547 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Muskie, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Divide Highway passes 15 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The story

Hall of fame in Wisconsin

Dates from 1960.

Wikidata Q14714556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.00850, -91.48001

99 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 59
  • Shues Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sawyer County Fairgrounds: 2.5 mi
  • Town of Hayward Recreational Forest: 2.5 mi
  • Kissick Alkaline Bog Lake State Natural Area: 2.7 mi
  • Eytcheson Park: 3.0 mi
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Giant Muskie: 0.0 mi
  • Hospital Road Trailhead: 1.3 mi
  • Olson Road Trailhead: 1.6 mi
  • Water's Edge Trailhead: 1.8 mi
  • Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad: 19.0 mi
Peaks: 5
  • County Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Smoky Hill: 15.5 mi
  • Mount Telemark: 16.2 mi
  • Crystal Mountain: 19.3 mi
  • Meteor Hill: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Spooner Blows: 6.6 mi
  • Hayward Sucks: 6.6 mi
  • Spooner Cowboy: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Red Cedar Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Beaver Brook Spring: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Vegetable Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Flower Garden: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Garmisch Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Sioux Beach: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meteor HillS 170°547 m22.5 mi
Mount TelemarkNE 42°518 m16.2 mi
Smoky HillN 357°457 m15.5 mi
County HillWNW 299°425 m1.7 mi
Crystal MountainSW 231°381 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:18
June solstice05:1620:1521:01
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4615:3416:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141830435665696759463220
Precip in0.90.91.52.74.04.24.13.94.03.11.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward RS, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/207813070

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