- Elevation, modelled
- 324 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 2.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road14.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:44local time
- Coordinates
- 42.7401, -90.3607
Belmont Prairie State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled 324 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is First Capitol Historical Site, a attraction 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 14 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont Prairie State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | NW 306° | 435 m | 2.8 mi |
| Belmont Mound | NNE 16° | 427 m | 2.1 mi |
| Little Mound | NW 316° | 389 m | 2.1 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 154° | 381 m | 15.2 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 159° | 374 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WSW 247° | 374 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 37° | 371 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSE 149° | 357 m | 21.9 mi |
- 14.1 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 32.0 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 20 mi
- Shiras Point · 20 mi
- River Viewing Point · 20 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Mound View Park: 5.0 mi
- Prairie View Park: 5.1 mi
- Legion Park: 5.5 mi
- Highland Park: 5.7 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 22.2 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 22.3 mi
- An Ode to the River: 22.3 mi
- RBG: 22.4 mi
- Owl's Moon: 22.4 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 2.0 mi
- 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 2.0 mi
- Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 2.0 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 12.2 mi
- Fort Defiance: 12.4 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 2.0 mi
- Platte Mound M: 2.8 mi
- Waterfall: 9.1 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 12.8 mi
- Shullsburg factory tour: 13.3 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 5.7 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 12.3 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 12.9 mi
- Badger Mine and Museum: 13.3 mi
- Berry Tavern: 15.2 mi
- Belmont Mound: 2.1 mi
- Little Mound: 2.1 mi
- Platte Mounds: 2.8 mi
- White Hill: 15.2 mi
- Charles Mound: 17.4 mi
- Belmont Mound State Park: 2.0 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 2.8 mi
- Ipswich Prairie State Natural Area: 4.3 mi
- SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 14.0 mi
- Bloomfield Prarie: 16.1 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 15.5 mi
- Stephens Falls: 23.1 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 23.4 mi
- Apple Canyon Waterfall: 24.4 mi
- Cleary Spring: 20.2 mi
- Marsden Well: 22.8 mi
- Spring House: 23.1 mi
- Big Spring: 23.5 mi
- Pendarvis: 12.8 mi
- Sinnipee: 18.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 23.8 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 22.9 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 24.3 mi
- Enee Point: 22.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 22.8 mi
- Hosta Garden: 23.0 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 20.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 5 mi away.
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