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Fur Trade Museum

Fur Trade Museum from directly overhead

Fur Trade Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 188 m. Chicken Ridge stands 355 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Feriole Island Riverfront Playground, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
188 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.05465, -91.15937

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Villa Louis Duck Pond: 0.1 mi
  • Lawler Park: 0.1 mi
  • Native Prairie Meadow: 0.3 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Michigan and Park Street Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 34
  • Marquette Mitigation Sites Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
  • Marquette Mitigation Sites Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
  • Marquette Mitigation Sites Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
  • Wyalusing Walnut Forest State Natural Area: 4.4 mi
  • Yellow River State Forest - Lost 40 Unit: 4.9 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 16
  • Villa Louis: 0.1 mi
  • Rev. James Marquette, S.J.: 0.6 mi
  • Prairie du Chien: 0.6 mi
  • Pere Marquette and Sieur Jolliet: 0.6 mi
  • Jefferson Davis Memorial: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 7
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Pink Elephant Statue: 1.3 mi
  • Cow: 23.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Crowley Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • St. Feriole Island Gardens: 0.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Allamakee County Conservation Fishing Access Area: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chicken RidgeSW 221°355 m21.9 mi
Lawrence HillN 358°353 m25.0 mi
Mondell HillE 87°347 m3.0 mi
Pine KnobE 90°325 m21.0 mi
Mount HosmerN 352°320 m21.7 mi
Rattlesnake PointENE 71°309 m24.0 mi
Pine KnobESE 101°302 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:2620:0520:48
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3415:4716:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182335485969737163513725
Precip in1.21.32.04.04.75.84.14.14.02.72.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prairie DU Chien, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367811309

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