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Allequash Lake And Pines State Natural Area

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Allequash Lake And Pines State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 494 m. The nearest named place is Trout Lake Conifer Swamp State Natural Area, a park 1.8 miles away. Heritage Drive passes 27 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles.

Situated on gently rolling to rough terrain is a mature second-growth dry mesic forest surrounding the south basin of Allequash Lake. The forest is dominated by medium to large red oak with white pine, sugar maple, red maple, paper birch, and balsam fir.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.03125, -89.63182

114 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Trout Lake Conifer Swamp State Natural Area: 1.8 mi
  • Escanaba Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 3.3 mi
  • Day Lake State Natural Area: 4.2 mi
  • Black Tern Bog State Natural Area: 5.4 mi
  • Sayner Park: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 22
Attractions: 14
  • World's Largest Penny: 10.0 mi
  • Canadian Lynx: 11.3 mi
  • Budgie Encounter: 11.3 mi
  • Woodchuck: 11.3 mi
  • Prairie Dog: 11.3 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 12
  • First Forest Patrol Flight: 2.3 mi
  • Snowmobile: 5.7 mi
  • M60A3 Patton Tank: 9.8 mi
  • Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb 7/26/1886 - 5/30/1956: 9.9 mi
  • World's Largest Penny: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cedar Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Kakabika Falls: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Brandy Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Torpy Park Beach: 11.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ferry Springs: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3219:11
June solstice05:0820:0720:54
September equinox06:4618:1918:58
December solstice07:3815:2616:16

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101325385162666456432917
Precip in1.41.21.82.83.84.14.33.33.83.41.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Germain, 11 mi away.

  • purple pitcher plant11 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry10 obs
  • Bog Labrador Tea8 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry6 obs
  • Common Loon5 obs
  • Bald Eagle5 obs
  • tamarack5 obs
  • red maple4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/373474675

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