Baraboo River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area
Baraboo River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Baraboo River Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Park: 2.6 mi
- Sanborn Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.8 mi
- Goodyear Park: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
- Baraboo River Waterfowl Production Area: 0.6 mi
- Lib Cross Island: 3.0 mi
- Dekorra Public Hunting Grounds: 4.9 mi
- Lower Narrows State Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Pardeeville Memorial School Forest: 8.7 mi
- Gibraltar Rock: 12.4 mi
- Elephant Rock: 13.1 mi
- Devil's Doorway: 13.2 mi
- Balanced Rock: 13.4 mi
- Whooping Crane: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Townhall Hill: 2.5 mi
- Owls Head Hill: 9.6 mi
- Sauk Point: 10.1 mi
- Goose Egg Hill: 12.2 mi
- Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 2.5 mi
- Marquette: 4.4 mi
- Fort Winnebago: 4.5 mi
- The Lower Narrows: 7.4 mi
- Aldo Leopold Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site: 4.4 mi
- Leopold Center: 8.5 mi
- Poynette Area Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Conservation Museum: 9.3 mi
- Logging Museum: 9.5 mi
- Saint Lawrence Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Whites Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Allen Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Pine Bluff: 10.2 mi
- CCC Worker: 12.9 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 15.4 mi
- Time Keeper: 15.9 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 17.1 mi
- Forevertron: 17.2 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Okee Beach: 10.8 mi
- North Shore Beach: 13.4 mi
- South Shore Beach: 13.7 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 19.8 mi
- Portage Rest Area 11: 5.1 mi
- Poynette Rest Area 12: 5.4 mi
- Moe Settlement: 12.5 mi
- Dell Prairie: 16.1 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 14.3 mi
- Rock Springs: 21.6 mi
- Knot Garden: 15.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 15.3 mi
- MacKenzie Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Skillet Falls: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baraboo River Floodplain Forest State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | WSW 248° | 451 m | 20.3 mi |
| Sauk Point | WSW 239° | 449 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sauk Hill | WSW 243° | 445 m | 15.4 mi |
| Maple Hill | WSW 251° | 424 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | WSW 247° | 388 m | 1.7 mi |
| Townhall Hill | SW 233° | 380 m | 2.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | WNW 293° | 366 m | 21.2 mi |
| Grubb Hill | WNW 297° | 354 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portage Wwtp, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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