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South Wood County Historical Society Museum

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South Wood County Historical Society Museum is a museum in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 308 m. Cary Mound stands 389 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
308 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.38774, -89.82901

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Demitz Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mead Rapids View Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lyon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Witter Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 45
  • The Family Stone: 15.1 mi
  • Menominee Ricing Canoe: 15.1 mi
  • Point Brewery Mural: 15.2 mi
  • The Polish Chicken: 15.2 mi
  • Trailblazer: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Rock Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Dorra Cooshe Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Lone Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Owen's Rock: 15.2 mi
  • The Ledge: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
  • Rocky Run Preserve: 13.3 mi
  • Whiting Conservation Area: 14.5 mi
  • Boston School Forest: 14.7 mi
  • Leola Marsh Wildlife Area: 14.7 mi
  • Bob Engelhard Restoration Ecology Field: 14.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
Gardens: 5
  • Karen Bingham Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Cultural Commons of Portage County: 15.1 mi
  • Giving Gardens of Portage County - Boys & Girls Club: 15.2 mi
  • UWSP Campus Garden: 15.8 mi
  • UWSP Campus Nursery: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Sand Valley Golf Resort: 14.1 mi
  • Soo Line 2713: 15.3 mi
  • Soo Line Caboose 158: 15.3 mi
  • M60A3: 19.2 mi
  • World's Largest Round Barn: 25.0 mi
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Wood County Historical Society Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cary MoundWNW 291°389 m21.0 mi
Mosquito BluffESE 116°378 m17.5 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainS 171°372 m15.0 mi
Maple HillN 359°368 m24.2 mi
Rock HillN 7°363 m10.0 mi
Haumschild HillN 1°354 m20.0 mi
Smoky HillNNW 348°351 m22.6 mi
North BluffWSW 256°350 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3319:12
June solstice05:1620:0320:48
September equinox06:4718:2018:59
December solstice07:3315:3516:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151830435666706859473321
Precip in1.11.11.83.33.94.73.84.03.42.81.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wisconsin Rapids, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/367811277

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