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Little Red School House

Little Red School House from directly overhead

Little Red School House is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 369 m. Rib Mountain stands 586 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingwal S. Horgen Farm Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates44.95782, -89.64539

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trinity park: 0.2 mi
  • Marathon County Fairgrounds: 0.2 mi
  • Marathon Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lincoln Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
  • Reservoir Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Rib Mountain State Park: 3.2 mi
  • Marathon County Forest-Nine Mile Unit: 7.2 mi
  • Twin Oaks Environmental Center: 10.3 mi
  • Marathon County Forest-Ringle Marsh Unit: 11.4 mi
  • Riedel-Redmond Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
Museums: 10
  • Ingwal S. Horgen Farm Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Children's Imaginarium: 0.8 mi
  • From Laos to America: 0.8 mi
  • Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art: 0.9 mi
  • Yawkey House Museum: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Rib Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Mosinee Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Hardwood Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Snow Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Maple Hill: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Monk Botanical Gardens: 2.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Wausau Wings ii: 0.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
Attractions: 1
  • M60A3: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rib MountainSW 223°586 m3.5 mi
Mosinee HillS 183°484 m4.8 mi
Ninemile HillNNW 341°454 m21.3 mi
Snow HillNNW 335°452 m15.6 mi
Blackberry HillSSE 159°408 m18.6 mi
Maple HillSSW 212°368 m18.0 mi
Haumschild HillSSW 204°354 m21.2 mi
Smoky HillSW 218°351 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3219:11
June solstice05:1320:0420:49
September equinox06:4618:1918:58
December solstice07:3415:3216:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151930435665706759463321
Precip in1.21.11.83.13.84.73.94.13.83.11.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wausau Asos, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/400860815

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