Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area
Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Arena Community Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Arena Pines and Sand Barrens features an excellent example of sand barrens vegetated with jack pine, black oak, and river birch. Found along the edge of numerous sand blows scattered throughout the site is the evergreen false heather shrub, which helps st
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Arena Community Park: 1.5 mi
- Walking Iron County Park: 5.9 mi
- Tower Hill Bottoms State Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Lions Park: 6.3 mi
- Arena High School Woods: 3.2 mi
- Tower Hill State Park: 6.1 mi
- Morton Forest: 6.3 mi
- Walking Iron County Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area: 8.0 mi
- Twin Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Pine Knob: 5.5 mi
- Tower Hill: 6.2 mi
- Indian Castle: 7.1 mi
- Loddes Mill Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Village Of Dover: 4.7 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 4.8 mi
- Barn Foundation: 6.4 mi
- Old Halfway Prairie: 9.6 mi
- C-47 Plane Crash Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Hyde Mill: 7.8 mi
- Hyde Mill: 7.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.6 mi
- House on The Rock: 11.8 mi
- Cave of the Mounds: 12.6 mi
- Point Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Table Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Dinosaur Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 9.6 mi
- Tripp Heritage Museum: 13.0 mi
- Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 15.2 mi
- Museum of Badger Army Ammunition: 15.5 mi
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum: 19.7 mi
- Forward Garden: 19.6 mi
- Native American Garden: 19.6 mi
- Theme Garden: 19.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 19.7 mi
- Emmett Schulte Garden: 20.3 mi
- Mazo Beach: 6.5 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 12.3 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 13.1 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 14.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 18.9 mi
- Spring House: 14.6 mi
- Spring House: 17.3 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 18.6 mi
- Riley Spring: 18.9 mi
- Big Spring: 20.5 mi
- Forevertron: 15.0 mi
- Time Keeper: 15.9 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 16.5 mi
- CCC Worker: 19.4 mi
- Toy Soldier: 22.0 mi
- Stephens Falls: 14.5 mi
- Skillet Falls: 20.0 mi
- Train Car: 22.2 mi
- Tribal Council Picnic: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | SSE 160° | 524 m | 11.2 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNE 13° | 451 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sauk Point | NE 38° | 449 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NNE 29° | 445 m | 17.6 mi |
| Maple Hill | N 4° | 424 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SW 214° | 371 m | 14.0 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | WSW 248° | 366 m | 15.1 mi |
| Indian Castle | SSE 168° | 354 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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