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Food + Farm Exploration Center

Food + Farm Exploration Center from directly overhead

Food + Farm Exploration Center is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Blackberry Hill stands 408 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is World's Largest Potato Masher, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates44.44543, -89.52189

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pacawa Park: 0.3 mi
  • Wayside Park: 0.6 mi
  • Royal Wood Park: 1.2 mi
  • Woyak Park: 1.2 mi
  • Easlan-Weslan Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 44
  • World's Largest Potato Masher: 0.0 mi
  • Through the Head of a Needle: 5.4 mi
  • Gateway to the Pineries: 5.5 mi
  • Iris Fountain: 6.0 mi
  • River Crossing: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 24
  • Boston School Forest: 1.1 mi
  • Little Plover River Fishery Area: 1.4 mi
  • Little Plover River Savanna Restoration: 1.4 mi
  • Little PLover River Barons Restoration: 2.0 mi
  • Little Plover River Fishery Area: 2.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Peaks: 10
  • The Ledge: 10.1 mi
  • Mosquito Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Lone Rock: 13.8 mi
  • Rock Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Owen's Rock: 18.0 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Giving Gardens of Portage County - Boys & Girls Club: 1.2 mi
  • UWSP Campus Garden: 6.2 mi
  • UWSP Campus Nursery: 6.2 mi
  • Cultural Commons of Portage County: 6.4 mi
  • Karen Bingham Memorial Garden: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Soo Line Caboose 158: 5.3 mi
  • Soo Line 2713: 5.4 mi
  • Roseville Mini-Golf and Shops: 23.3 mi
  • Sand Valley Golf Resort: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Springs: 1
  • Fenrich Springs: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackberry HillN 2°408 m18.1 mi
Mosquito BluffS 177°378 m11.6 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainSW 215°372 m22.8 mi
Rock HillWNW 293°363 m15.2 mi
Haumschild HillNW 317°354 m21.8 mi
The LedgeS 179°346 m10.1 mi
Lone RockSSW 194°342 m13.8 mi
Keystone RockSSW 206°340 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:11
June solstice05:1420:0220:47
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:3215:3416:22

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1235569224

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