Cady's Marsh State Natural Area
Cady's Marsh State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastridge Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 269 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Sauey Park: 1.4 mi
- Wiedman Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Huntington Park: 1.5 mi
- South Park: 1.7 mi
- Van Hise Rock: 3.4 mi
- Depot Display Area: 6.3 mi
- Shay #9: 6.3 mi
- Copper Range #29: 6.3 mi
- Water Tower Display Area: 6.3 mi
- Thieman Hill: 4.1 mi
- Diamond Hill: 4.7 mi
- Devils Chair: 7.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 8.4 mi
- Maple Hill: 9.1 mi
- Smith Conservancy: 2.2 mi
- Roger Popple Nature Area: 2.6 mi
- Hay Creek Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Ableman's Gorge State Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Hartje Center: 5.0 mi
- Coon Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Horse Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Moran Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Fritz Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Fairy Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Van Hise Rock: 3.5 mi
- Ringling Brothers Circus: 11.2 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 11.4 mi
- Wisconsin Dells: 11.7 mi
- Ring of Honor: 12.2 mi
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum: 6.3 mi
- Steam and Gas Exhibits: 8.2 mi
- Sauk County Historical Society History Center: 11.2 mi
- Sauk County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 12.1 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 11.4 mi
- Forevertron: 14.7 mi
- CCC Worker: 15.0 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 15.6 mi
- Time Keeper: 15.8 mi
- North Shore Beach: 13.5 mi
- South Shore Beach: 14.3 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 21.3 mi
- Mazo Beach: 21.9 mi
- Okee Beach: 22.7 mi
- Moe Settlement: 14.4 mi
- Corwin: 15.8 mi
- Dell Prairie: 16.1 mi
- Cheyenne Valley: 21.1 mi
- Henrietta: 21.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 3.7 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 13.5 mi
- Secret Garden: 10.0 mi
- Knot Garden: 10.0 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 15.8 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 16.3 mi
- Skillet Falls: 10.9 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cady's Marsh State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SSE 149° | 451 m | 10.4 mi |
| Sauk Point | ESE 113° | 449 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SE 128° | 445 m | 13.3 mi |
| Maple Hill | SSE 161° | 424 m | 9.1 mi |
| Johnson Hill | NW 326° | 411 m | 23.3 mi |
| Daylight Hill | NW 320° | 396 m | 18.3 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | E 95° | 388 m | 22.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 331° | 384 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:40 | 16:27 |
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 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reedsburg Wwtp, 2 mi away.
- Green Cloverworm Moth6 obs
- Spongy Moth5 obs
- Monarch5 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain4 obs
- Ipsilon Dart Moth4 obs
- Barrens Chytonix4 obs
- Armyworm Moth4 obs
- Painted Turtle3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1150561918
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