Avon Bottoms State Natural Area
Avon Bottoms State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Avon Bottoms features a lowland hardwood forest in the floodplain of the meandering Sugar River. Large silver maples, swamp white oaks, and green ash dominate the diverse canopy of this wet-mesic forest. Other tree species are shagbark hickory, hackberry,
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Clarence Bridge Park: 6.2 mi
- Center Park: 6.2 mi
- Nick Saelens Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
- Marigil Park: 7.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Swenson Wet Prairie State Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Laona Heights Forest Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Laona Heights Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Colored Sands Forest Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Kelch Aviation Museum: 5.7 mi
- Brodhead Depot Museum: 7.2 mi
- Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Stephen Mack Home: 12.7 mi
- Albany Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Half Way Tree: 5.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
- English Settlement Cemetery: 15.6 mi
- Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 15.7 mi
- Airway Beacon Generator Shed (historical): 5.6 mi
- Beckman Mill: 7.5 mi
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 10.8 mi
- Macktown County Forest Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Coral Cove Family Fun Center: 14.1 mi
- The Wall: 14.7 mi
- MAGGIE THE COW: 17.9 mi
- Cape Variations: 20.8 mi
- Iron Determination: 20.8 mi
- Symbol: 20.9 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 18.8 mi
- Anderson Japanese Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Rose garden: 21.0 mi
- Womanspace Gardens & Labyrinth: 21.5 mi
- Turtle Mound: 20.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 21.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 21.5 mi
- Liberty Pole Hill: 21.5 mi
- Marshall Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 16.6 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 16.9 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 23.0 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 23.1 mi
- Clarence: 6.1 mi
- Fellows: 16.5 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 23.2 mi
- Lions Beach: 18.7 mi
- Standfield Beach: 20.7 mi
- Olson Beach: 21.7 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 21.0 mi
- Paradise Cove Artesian Well: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avon Bottoms State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Pole Hill | NNW 347° | 338 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Zion | ENE 58° | 316 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 205° | 294 m | 21.5 mi |
| Marshall Bluff | NW 322° | 265 m | 21.7 mi |
| Devil's Tea Table | W 279° | 246 m | 24.1 mi |
| Turtle Mound | SSE 146° | 218 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brodhead Wwtp, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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