Old Bayfield City Jail
Old Bayfield City Jail is a museum in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Mount Valhalla stands 412 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayfield Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway runs past it. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
fourth-class city in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Wikidata Q812543, matched on coordinates and name (287 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bayfield Heritage Association
How to reach it
- On the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
96 named places within 25 miles
- Jake’s Island View Park: 0.2 mi
- Hillside Park: 0.3 mi
- Cooper Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Korseberg Park: 0.5 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.6 mi
- Richard D. Hinrichsen Sculpture: 2.6 mi
- Winter Transportation Mural: 2.6 mi
- Spirit of Madeline: 2.7 mi
- The Ashland Oredock: 15.7 mi
- Young Elephant: 16.3 mi
- Bayfield Heritage Museum: 0.0 mi
- Bayfield Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Madeline Island Museum: 2.6 mi
- Madeline Island Heritage Center: 2.6 mi
- Washburn Area Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
- Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield / Past—Present—Future: 0.2 mi
- Raspberry Schoolhouse: 5.8 mi
- Finn Settlement: 8.1 mi
- The Edmund Fitzgerald: 10.6 mi
- Sand Island Light Station: 14.4 mi
- Big Ravine Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Fire Hill: 2.3 mi
- Forest Park: 2.6 mi
- Red Cliff Fish Hatchery: 3.9 mi
- South Shore Road Park: 4.1 mi
- Inga Klinger Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 10.6 mi
- Zen Garden: 16.2 mi
- Medicine Garden: 16.3 mi
- Tsuga Lumps: 5.9 mi
- Twilite: 9.9 mi
- Locomotive 950: 15.8 mi
- Broad Street Beach: 0.3 mi
- Buffalo Bay Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mount Ashwabay: 5.0 mi
- Mount Valhalla: 12.9 mi
- Siskiwit Falls: 13.6 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Clay Banks: 10.5 mi
- Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light: 13.0 mi
- Fish Creek Spring: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Bayfield City Jail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Valhalla | WSW 239° | 412 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Ashwabay | WSW 244° | 400 m | 5.0 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 | 20:15 | 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 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bayfield Fish Hatchery, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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