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Bohn Lake State Ice Age Trail Area

Bohn Lake State Ice Age Trail Area from directly overhead

Bohn Lake State Ice Age Trail Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Friendship Mound stands 383 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Sorenson Natural Area at Hartford Lake, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.11948, -89.44137

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenwood State Wildlife Refuge: 2.8 mi
  • Marl Lake County Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Huron Park: 5.4 mi
  • Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes State Natural Area: 6.2 mi
  • Veterans Park: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 19
  • Mosquito Bluff: 11.5 mi
  • Johns Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • Lone Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Owen's Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Mount Morris: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Roseville Mini-Golf and Shops: 9.9 mi
  • The Painted Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs: 20.4 mi
  • Sand Valley Golf Resort: 20.9 mi
  • Tiny Town: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Chippy's Sports Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Friendship Beach: 21.1 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 23.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Roche-a-Cri State Park: 20.5 mi
  • Lutheran Church 1887-1921: 24.5 mi
  • Site of the First Norwegain Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche-A-Cri: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • World's Largest Potato Masher: 22.8 mi
  • Lion: 23.3 mi
Museums: 2
Springs: 1
  • Fenrich Springs: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Giving Gardens of Portage County - Boys & Girls Club: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bohn Lake State Ice Age Trail Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Friendship MoundWSW 243°383 m20.9 mi
Mosquito BluffNNW 343°378 m11.5 mi
Dorra Cooshe MountainWNW 282°372 m17.4 mi
Roche-a-CriWSW 247°350 m20.4 mi
Mount MorrisE 90°346 m12.7 mi
The LedgeNNW 343°346 m13.0 mi
Lone RockNW 321°342 m11.6 mi
Keystone RockW 275°340 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1520:0120:45
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:3115:3516:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162031445766706860483422
Precip in1.11.01.93.64.24.94.14.03.32.72.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hancock EXP Farm, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/782883711

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