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Becker Waterfowl Production Area

Becker Waterfowl Production Area from directly overhead

Becker Waterfowl Production Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Sauk Point stands 449 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.56121, -89.32017
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Chandler Park: 1.8 mi
  • Vicki's Pet Care Dog Park: 2.1 mi
  • Wyona County Park: 4.6 mi
  • French Creek State Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 43
  • The Montello Cottonwood: 16.1 mi
  • Gibraltar Rock: 20.6 mi
  • Weather Rock: 21.8 mi
  • Whooping Crane: 21.9 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 40
Museums: 17
  • Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters Historic Site: 5.7 mi
  • Logging Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Conservation Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Poynette Area Historical Society: 12.5 mi
  • Leopold Center: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Fort Winnebago: 5.7 mi
  • Marquette: 5.7 mi
  • Pierre Pauquette Ferry Marker: 7.9 mi
  • John Muir View: 13.1 mi
  • Aldo Leopold Memorial: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Observatory Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • Townhall Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Rock Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Grays Rocks: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Lion: 16.0 mi
  • Pink Elephant: 21.7 mi
  • CCC Worker: 22.2 mi
  • Golspar Dragon: 23.6 mi
  • Earth, Sky, Water: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Portage Rest Area 11: 12.2 mi
  • Poynette Rest Area 12: 12.3 mi
  • Wayside: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
  • Knot Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • MacKenzie Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Skillet Falls: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Becker Waterfowl Production Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sauk PointWSW 242°449 m19.3 mi
Sauk HillWSW 244°445 m24.6 mi
Cascade MountainWSW 245°388 m11.0 mi
Townhall HillWSW 242°380 m11.8 mi
Blue MoundWNW 289°351 m24.2 mi
Observatory HillN 353°328 m10.0 mi
Owls Head HillSW 231°319 m18.3 mi
Goose Egg HillSW 228°293 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:10
June solstice05:1719:5920:43
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:2815:3716:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182233465868727062493624
Precip in1.41.42.24.14.65.64.54.13.62.92.21.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portage Wwtp, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1481658295

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