Madeline Island Museum
Madeline Island Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Mount Valhalla stands 412 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit of Madeline, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
Museum and State Historical Site in Ashland County, Wisconsin
Wikidata Q6727022, matched on coordinates and name (26 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Fee
- Yes
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
101 named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Jake’s Island View Park: 2.4 mi
- Korseberg Park: 2.5 mi
- Fountain Park: 2.5 mi
- Cooper Hill Park: 2.6 mi
- Spirit of Madeline: 0.1 mi
- Richard D. Hinrichsen Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Winter Transportation Mural: 0.1 mi
- The Ashland Oredock: 13.9 mi
- Young Elephant: 14.4 mi
- Madeline Island Heritage Center: 0.1 mi
- Bayfield Maritime Museum: 2.3 mi
- Bayfield Heritage Museum: 2.6 mi
- Old Bayfield City Jail: 2.6 mi
- Washburn Area Historical Society Museum: 8.9 mi
- Forest Park: 0.4 mi
- South Shore Road Park: 1.6 mi
- Big Ravine Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Fire Hill: 4.8 mi
- Red Cliff Fish Hatchery: 6.2 mi
- Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield / Past—Present—Future: 2.4 mi
- Finn Settlement: 7.8 mi
- Raspberry Schoolhouse: 8.3 mi
- The Edmund Fitzgerald: 9.1 mi
- Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy: 12.8 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Inga Klinger Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.3 mi
- Zen Garden: 14.4 mi
- Medicine Garden: 14.4 mi
- Tsuga Lumps: 6.9 mi
- Twilite: 12.4 mi
- Locomotive 950: 14.0 mi
- Ashland County Fairgrounds: 24.7 mi
- Siskiwit Falls: 15.6 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Superior Falls: 23.2 mi
- Superior Falls: 23.4 mi
- Broad Street Beach: 2.3 mi
- Buffalo Bay Beach: 5.1 mi
- Mount Ashwabay: 5.9 mi
- Mount Valhalla: 13.1 mi
- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light: 11.2 mi
- Clay Banks: 12.4 mi
- Fish Creek Spring: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Madeline Island Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Valhalla | WSW 250° | 412 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Ashwabay | W 270° | 400 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:36 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:14 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:23 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 15:26 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madeline Island, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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