Bear Creek Fishing Area
Bear Creek Fishing Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area, a park 2.6 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- WI DNR
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Creek Sedge Meadow State Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Plain Municipal Park: 7.6 mi
- Battery Park: 8.9 mi
- Smith Slough and Sand Prairie State Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Fireman's Park: 9.3 mi
- White Mound: 6.6 mi
- Point Jude / Point Judith: 6.8 mi
- Cooper Hill: 9.2 mi
- Miner Hill: 9.9 mi
- Bigelow Hill: 11.5 mi
- White Mound Park: 5.6 mi
- Sauk County Forest: 8.7 mi
- Gotham Jack Pine Barrens State Natural Area: 8.8 mi
- Ithaca School Forest: 10.4 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 13.1 mi
- The Pursuit West: 8.2 mi
- Lone Rock: 9.6 mi
- Richland County Veterans' Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Barn Foundation: 13.4 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 13.4 mi
- Elephant Trunk Rock: 5.4 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 10.8 mi
- M60A3: 11.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 13.0 mi
- House on The Rock: 14.9 mi
- Bogus Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Point Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Dinosaur Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Horse Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Richland County History Room: 10.2 mi
- Richland Museum & Visitor's Center: 10.3 mi
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum: 18.7 mi
- Town of Stevenson: 19.2 mi
- Museum of Badger Army Ammunition: 21.4 mi
- Mazo Beach: 19.6 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 20.0 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 21.0 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 23.6 mi
- Corwin: 14.0 mi
- Ashford: 14.4 mi
- McGrew: 16.1 mi
- Henrietta: 17.1 mi
- Mill Creek: 18.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 17.9 mi
- Big Spring: 19.9 mi
- Spring House: 19.9 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 23.2 mi
- Forevertron: 21.1 mi
- Time Keeper: 22.7 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 22.9 mi
- CCC Worker: 24.8 mi
- Stephens Falls: 19.9 mi
- Skillet Falls: 22.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 22.4 mi
- Knot Garden: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Creek Fishing Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | ENE 71° | 451 m | 17.1 mi |
| Sauk Hill | ENE 74° | 445 m | 22.3 mi |
| Maple Hill | ENE 67° | 424 m | 15.0 mi |
| Hill in Richland County | NW 310° | 390 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sylvan | WNW 289° | 383 m | 23.5 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NW 317° | 372 m | 20.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSE 166° | 371 m | 21.4 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | S 184° | 366 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:42 | 16:29 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 36 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lone Rock TRI CO AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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